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Jittery home shoppers have watched home prices plunge 30% on average from their mid-2006 peak, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, with some markets suffering price drops as deep as 70%. Many potential buyers are further frightened by economists and analysts who predict prices could fall another 5% to 10% before the sector bottoms out - and possibly worse if the country experiences a double-dip recession...
...peak, he was averaging 10.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, ranking second and first on the squad, respectively...
Every year, even at the peak of Vietnam's dry season, when the Red River is at its lowest, Hanoi's skilled captains manage to negotiate their flat-bottomed boats through its shallow waters. But this year, with a drought gripping the entire country and water levels at record lows, the river is eerily quiet. What is normally a bustling waterway is becoming a winding river of sand, and farmers who depend upon the river for irrigation are watching the expanding sandbars as nervously as the boat captains. "If there is no water in the coming days," says 59-year...
...decision comes less than a year after Lowell pulled out of Claverly Hall—a building now used entirely by Adams House—in order to make the House smaller and more geographically compact. At its peak, Lowell had more than 420 students, according to Tran. Last fall, the House had 362 students...
...most successful bands of the 1990s, Blur seemed to have far more moments of resignation, anger, and bitterness than of elation. Early in their career they lashed out against their record company, the hollowness of grunge culture, and the pervasive influence of America on British life. At the peak of their success they resented the label of “Britpop,” hated the pressures of fame, and were constantly faced with the greater success of their perennial rivals, Oasis. Later, guitarist Graham Coxon’s alcoholism, singer Albarn’s heartbreak, and growing internal tensions...