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...psychological impact of currency fluctuations is well known. The strength of the deutsche mark in the 1950s and '60s was a key component in West Germany's recovery of national confidence after World War II. Britons over age 60 were born into a world with four dollars to the pound and then lived through periods in the 1980s when there was near dollar-pound parity--which contributed to a pervasive sense of national decline. The strength of the yen in the bubble years of the late '80s convinced many that Japan had become "Number...
...psychological impact of currency fluctuations is well known. The strength of the deutsche mark in the 1950s and '60s was a key component in West Germany's recovery of national confidence after World War II. Britons over age 60 were born into a world with four dollars to the pound and then lived through periods in the 1980s when there was near dollar-pound parity-which contributed to a pervasive sense of national decline. The strength of the yen in the bubble years of the late '80s convinced many that Japan had become "Number...
...Kerry ran an honorable, if not entirely competent campaign, while the Republicans skimmedthe outskirts of the acceptable with their nonstop negativity. And why give ammunition to oleaginous telecharlatans, like James Dobson of Focus on the Family, who have been puffing all over the airwaves since Nov. 2 demanding their pound of policy flesh...
...pound Meltzer recently qualified for an eight-person U.S. team that will be competing in the Maccabiah Games in Israel this summer. That makes Ogunwole the lone remaining national qualifier from the four-person Crimson contingent that traveled to the NCAAs last March, and forces him to shoulder the bulk of the expectation for this year’s team...
Harvard will also receive a major boost from returning sophomore Robbie Preston, who missed last season while suffering from concussions, and the skill and tenacity he injects into the group at the 125-pound level...