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DIED. JUDE WANNISKI, 69, conservative journalist who, as an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal in the 1970s, coined the phrase "supply-side economics" for the theory, later embraced by Ronald Reagan, that tax cuts spur production and growth; of a heart attack; in Morristown, N.J. A tireless publicity hound, he went on to advise G.O.P. candidates and write the economics tome The Way the World Works, prompting fellow conservative George Will to write, "I wish that I were as confident about something as he is of everything...
...From Phoenix, Ariz., to Pittsburgh, Pa., from Grand Rapids, Mich., to New York City, hundreds of Christian yoga classes are in session. A national association of Christian yoga teachers was started in July, and a slew of books and videos are about to hit the market. But the very phrase stiffens yoga purists and some Christians--including a rather influential Catholic--who insist yoga cannot be separated from its Hindu roots...
...trying new things, and maybe, just maybe I would turn a few towards my world, where words are savored and not dismissed. With my aspirations a bit bruised, I finally figured out why those who work with children often speak in clichés. Because a trite phrase like “It’s the little things that count” is quite often true...
...call it a war, then you think of people in uniform as being the solution." RICHARD B. MYERS, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explaining why the Bush Administration is replacing the phrase "global war on terror" with "global struggle against violent extremism...
...White House dropped the phrase 'war on terror' ... when polls showed no one thought we were winning it. They think they know how to make it more popular. They're going to stop calling it 'war on terror' and start calling it Shrek 3." --ARGUS HAMILTON, comedian and columnist