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...some encouraging signs. Bank lending rates are now in the 10% range, down from 17% in 1980, and mortgages have fallen from 15% to a more affordable 10%. Productivity is up, and the rate of wage hikes is down. But none of these signs of improving health are proof that the rebound will persist or that Thatcherism is a success. Although the Prime Minister is convinced that Britain is on the motorway to recovery, many economic experts have doubts. Even official Treasury projections indicate that growth will slow again, un employment will rise and inflation will creep upward over...
...According to Pertile, if you want love, you needn’t look further than Eliot House. Need proof? Couples “go up the tower to pop the question,” says Pertile. “We’ve already seen babies that have come out of Eliot House marriages...
...conviction, agreed that the standard language used to inform juries about a victim’s ability to consent can be misleading, the AP reported. The new ruling—which covered both Urban’s case and a related one— requires that prosecutors offer explicit proof that a defendant was aware of a victim’s inability to consent. Urban has been granted a new trial, although the date has yet to be set, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk County district attorney, according to the AP. Urban, who allegedly committed the crime...
...many evangelical votes as Huckabee and Romney. All through this race, even before Huckabee soared out of Iowa, it was clear that those who claim to speak for the flock weren't listening very well. That McCain and Huckabee are the last men standing is just the latest proof - since the conservative commentariat was uniquely united in its antipathy to both...
...Proof that Sarkozy's honeymoon with the formerly adoring French public is over came on Thursday - just five days after his Elysée wedding to former top model Carla Bruni. All three of the nation's newsweeklies hit kiosks with critical Sarkozy-focused cover stories. The cover line on L'Express is "The Disappointment"; Le Point details "What's Going Wrong" and the Nouvel Observateur calls him "The President Who Went Pffffftt." And that wasn't the only suggestion Sarko's presidency is deflating. New polls confirm the precipitous drop in Sarkozy's approval rating, from his near-record...