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That a loss of four seats is now considered the GOP's best-case scenario tells you how dramatically the party's fortunes have changed. But the real question is whether Democrats can pick up the nine seats they need to grab a 60-vote, filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. At this point, the answer still seems to be probably not. But such able handicappers as Jennifer Duffy of the Cook Political Report now think the Democrats could gain as many as eight seats, which would mean they would need no more than a single GOP vote...
...likely to be a rise in unemployment. The number of jobless in the E.U. dropped sharply between 2005 and 2007 and then flattened out at 25-year lows. But the latest statistics from France, Ireland, the U.K. and some other countries show that the unemployment rate is starting to pick up again. The IMF, which has slashed its growth forecast for the euro-zone countries for 2009 to a negligible 0.2%, predicts that the percentage of jobless in those 15 countries will jump above 8%. Worst hit will be Spain, where it predicts unemployment will be close to 15% next...
Where to find you on a Saturday night: At the bottom of a rum barrel Your best pick up line: I don’t use pick up lines...
...face that gets ignored in your local bar can be considered exotica. "Foreigners are very appealing, especially in places with a more homogenous population - the white guy with the blonde hair gets noticed in Korea and even if you're awkward, you're going to get approached," says John Pick*, a New York City-based travel writer. It eliminates the hard part of getting lucky, he says...
Reinvent Yourself. It's freeing to be a stranger in a strange land. It's like getting a do-over; you can step outside yourself and be whomever you want. For one night in Paris, you're not a corporate lawyer - you're a concert pianist turned milliner. Pick says, "It reduces the stuff that might be important back in your real world, like your socioeconomic status. You're more likely meet people you wouldn't normally talk to." The only baggage you bring is the kind that's holding your clothes...