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...clutching to our last barrel of oil.” But, on March 6th, oil prices rose over 1 percent on the heels of reports from the American Petroleum Institute that American oil supplies are at their lowest level since January 1974. Opening a small portion of the ANWR to oil drilling will give the government an influx of revenue in the short term and a substantial amount of oil in the long term, both of which will help the U.S. decrease our dependence on foreign oil and formulate a long-term energy policy—a concept foreign...
...Friday, Mar. 23, the Crimson stood 0-2 in the round-robin portion of the tournament after a 5-3 loss to Mercer and a 7-0 defeat at the hands of No. 3 California. Whitton did everything for the Crimson against Mercer, hitting two home runs and pitching a complete game, but she couldn't win the game all by herself...
...doesn't look like it. But it does seem that in general, the recent troubles are factored in - that portion of the survey only inched up a tiny bit. What's significant is the long-term outlook - all along we've been looking for that to reverse itself, because that's what's affecting most of Americans' spending decisions - and that's where the good news...
...There's a portion of the report that deals with this, and 12.2 percent of those surveyed expected there to be more jobs available in the future, rather than less, up from 10.8 percent in February. And 20 percent expected fewer jobs to be available, down from 26 percent in February. I think that 4.2 number really put all the layoff headlines in perspective...
Census 2000 didn't ask for these details, and unless I missed it, did not include an essay portion. But after years of research, the Census Bureau, by introducing its Check All That Apply option, did advance its stated belief that race is not a static concept. Critics of CATA see it variously as a threat to social justice in its perceived dilution of nonwhite constituencies, or as race obsessed, or as a flaccid nod to the burgeoning ranks of mixed-race Americans. But I think the Census people were savvy. Or, really, credit goes to their overseeing agency...