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Service was prompt and you and your companion will particularly enjoy the basket of breads which proceeds the meal. The cranberry nut rolls are not to be missed...
...says we need look back only to the 1950s and '60s, when 21 hurricanes pummeled the U.S., to see what could lie ahead for coastal residents. Those hurricanes took hundreds of lives in the U.S. and thousands in the Caribbean. While lives can be protected by early warning and prompt evacuation, protecting property is another matter. If Hurricane Andrew had veered just 20 miles farther north on its destructive path through South Florida in 1992, it might have done $100 billion in damage rather than $25 billion...
...Dole's advisers have nonetheless been ruminating about how to address the issue of his age and health; three months ago, they decided it should be addressed early and candidly, both to pre-empt his critics and to ensure that any future health alarms don't prompt suspicions of a cover-up. Says Marlin Fitzwater, White House press secretary at the time George Bush collapsed at a state dinner in Tokyo: "You want to deal with those problems well before you throw up on the Japanese Prime Minister...
...close to the edge of impacting quality," says Dr. Michael O'Sullivan, chairman of Mayo's regional-practice board. That may sound like the standard whine of anyone threatened with a cut in federal subsidy, but in this case, the consequences if he is right are dire enough to prompt some serious examination. It would be easy enough to turn the crown jewels of American medicine into paste, but who then would develop tomorrow's effective treatments for AIDS and Alzheimer...
...factor that will spell the difference between slowdown and recession is sustained consumer confidence and spending. A decline could prompt businesses to cut back production even more, leading to more cuts in the work force and a further fall in consumer spending -- the vicious cycle that drives a recession. In surveys, confidence still looks solid, but beneath is an enduring anxiety about wage stagnation and job security. With any additional sign of a serious downturn, consumer confidence could collapse like a nervous smile...