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...financial markets against the stability of Greek government bonds is a clear indication that many investors don't believe Athens will find a way to deal with its massive debt - at least not without an equally huge European bailout. But beyond the market speculation lies a longer-term question that is tormenting the 16 euro-zone nations: Could the Greek crisis be the beginning of the end for the common currency, just eight years after its first notes and coins were issued? Might the doubts and pressures that are driving the euro's value downward lead to the eventual implosion...
...Advice for men who hope to pop the question but don't know how to go about it: “Learn the phrase ‘will you marry me’ in a really romantic language that she knows, and practice saying it over and over in a mirror. Now imagine how easy it will be in English...
...this labeling confusion indicates, the question of when adulthood begins is unsettled across culture. Plenty of writers today have waxed eloquent about the trend of twenty-somethings that spend years in a sheltered limbo between adolescence and adulthood—a 2005 Times article called them “twixters.” People are settling down later, having children later, and it seems we can wait as long as we want to grow up. We are the product of society in which, perhaps more than ever before, age is really just a number. Independence and responsibility, the things that...
Woods did not say when he will return to golf. This was probably a shrewd move, since he needs to prove to everyone that he is focusing on fixing himself and making things right with his family. The question is, How long will he wait? Like Nordegren, many companies may reserve their judgment about getting back into bed with him until they see whether he's being genuine. Unlike Nordegren, however, they will need to see him win some golf games before they're even tempted...
...with Americans of all stripes dismayed by the legislative paralysis that's gripping the capital, some are beginning to question whether Obama's presence on the campaign trail will help or hinder Democratic candidates. Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut attorney general who is running for the state's U.S. Senate seat, offered a tepid appraisal when asked recently if he expected Obama to campaign for him. "I don't know whether he would and I don't know whether we would ask. At this point, it is an open question," Blumenthal told students at Yale University in New Haven. Last month...