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...admitted car nut, he proudly shows off the vintage cars he keeps in a special area inside the dealership. There, 15 mint-condition cars gleam amid old Skelly gas signs and an antique manual pump frozen at 19 cents a gallon. A juke box features Sinatra, the Ink Spots and Peggy Lee. The colors are spectacular. There's the two-toned gray and salmon '55 Bel Air and the silky green '57 Thunderbird convertible. How could a country look at cars like that and not fall in love...
...months now, the only silver lining for many amid the gathering economic gloom has been the pleasant sensation of filling their cars with ever cheaper gasoline. But that relief at the gas pump has slashed the revenues of the oil-producing countries, and on Wednesday they pushed back when the 11 oil ministers of the Opec cartel agreed to cut their combined output by about 2.2 million barrels a day starting January 1. The biggest production cut in Opec's 48-year history is an emergency measure aimed at reversing the precipitous slide in world oil prices, which the cartel...
...currency in the academic world, it could be years before oil producers, whose domestic economic arrangements depend on high prices, are prepared to cooperate with gas-guzzling consumers. "It's an idea which works in abstract, " says Priddy, but in reality, such cooperation is "absolutely impossible". So enjoy the pump price while you can, because oil markets are likely to remain unpredictable for the foreseeable future...
...states struggle with budget shortfalls, their attention is sure to remain focused on what help the Federal Government might lend. When the governors met with Obama, they pressed him to pump money into state economies - including funding projects to build schools, bridges and other sorts of public works - and found a receptive ear. "To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we're going to need action and we're going to need action swiftly," Obama said in a speech at the meeting. "This Administration does not intend to delay in getting you the help that...
...repair shop—and, unlike those droids, Kanye’s always had heart, has always made vital music. These days, his heart resembles the one on the cover of “808s”—desiccated and ailing, it can’t pump enough to power a full LP—but at least it still has the capacity to throb occasionally. So get the man some beta blockers and a Prozac, and let’s hope for the best.—Reviewer Jake G. Cohen can be reached at jgcohen@fas.harvard.edu...