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Over the near term, however, the Administration knows it must contend with unpleasant realities, thanks to that unsettling double-digit jobless rate: "We're in for a pretty dark period," says the Treasury official. But, anticipating that, the Administration's strategy has intentionally avoided overpromising. "Obama's numbers hold up because he doesn't oversell," the official says. "We need to be steady and say, We know this will work but it's going to take time. Ultimately we're pretty confident that we did the right things and that it will help...
...most easily communicable of diseases, especially in the early stages. The virus is spread from person to person by direct contact or through the air (via respiratory secretions or airborne spread of secretions from the chickenpox lesions). The usual incubation period is 13 to 17 days.  Initial symptoms may be sore throat, fever, headache or other viral like symptoms. These often occur a few days before the rash, which traditionally starts on covered parts of the body (chest or trunk) and then spreads to other areas...
...proud history of producing self-serving, cliché-ridden memoirs. But by sharing an unvarnished, at times inspiring story in an arresting, muscular style, Agassi may have just penned one of the best sports autobiographies of all time. Check--it's one of the better memoirs out there, period...
...generally focus on early American history. What made you interested in this period...
...really serendipity. I was at the University of New Hampshire, and the strength in the history department there was in the early period. I loved it because it was remote. It forced me to think about worlds that were very different from the world that I knew...