Word: points
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...danger now seems to be in getting out of the way of those stampeding to take credit. It's all due to prisons, claimed the GOP, citing their legislation encouraging longer prison sentences and claiming that this keeps criminals off the streets and acts as a considerable deterrent. Others point to the strong economy and say that in a nation where seemingly everybody's little brother is in on a hot IPO, now more than ever crime doesn't pay. And demographers say it's simply the fact that there are now fewer young men, the group statistically most likely...
...just think people don't have enough work at this point in the year," she said...
...however, make the crowd feel involved with his comments and his enthusiasm. His use of a radio antenna to produce sounds was also surprisingly clever. Regi's guitar brought Victor's desire for responsive improvisation to a lesser height of majesty, for Regi had technique without ear; at one point, Regi was horribly sharp and only turned the pegs up more, producing a grating sound and a disturbing cacophony amidst Victor's clever performance. The drummer, J.D. Blaine, amazed and amused. Even one beat of his drum prompted audience response; he possessed a zany aura that fed into Victor...
Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataThat didn?t stop the bond market, which has been smelling inflation all week, from running the yield on Treasury's benchmark 30-year issue to a new two-year high of 6.36 percent at one point. (When no one wants a bond because expected inflation would eat into its long-term value, its yield ?- the payoff for putting your money in it ?- goes up in response; 6.36 is about equivalent to abject begging.) But even that spike was showing signs of flattening as a correction of the correction set in. None of this changes...
...That's the question everyone's gotta be asking themselves after last week's debacle in Kansas City, in which New England learned that if you try hard enough, you really canthrow a game away. This week, look for a renewed focus and an easy win as a 2-point favorite over the visiting 'Fins...