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...Shirakawa has previously said that it was not the lack of liquidity in Japan's economy, but the lack of demand that is behind the economic situation. On Nov. 20, the day that Hatoyama acknowledged deflation, Shirakawa said, "We need to work on the core reason for [deflation]: weak final demand as seen in capital investment and private consumption." Economists estimate Japan's demand shortage at around $400 billion a year. (Read: "Japan's Latest Economic Ailment: Deflation...
...advertisements that accompanied this crusade against religious freedom play on this fear, and reveal how thoroughly it has stifled reason. One picture depicts seven imposing black minarets pinning the Swiss flag to the ground, with a Muslim woman clad in full Muslim garb at the forefront. Besides the fact that the minarets depicted are the wrong color and that there are only four existing minarets in Switzerland, the picture does not just represent radical Islamic practices as a threat to Switzerland, but rather Islam itself as a threat to Switzerland...
...taboo for anyone in uniform to admit they might be cracking up. As in other areas, the military is undermanned when it comes to mental-health experts. The Army reckons it has only about 400 psychiatrists handling more than half a million troops. That may have been one reason the Army was reluctant to nudge a strangely performing Hasan, who had trained as a shrink, out of the service: it needed him. Faced with a wave of service members coming back from combat in anguish, the Pentagon has made the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic disorders a top priority. Every...
...documentation of the director-actress tryst. In 2008, Ernesto Jr. is still skulking around, hoping - or threatening - to unearth bitter old truths. Also, Mateo's housekeeper and longtime friend has a son, sweet and smart, who assists Mateo. We'll learn that every supporting character is there for a reason...
...much better in his previous four seasons as coach. While the Fighting Irish have won 11 national championships in their storied history, the team has not won one for 21 years. And while some may point to the shortcomings of its coach or players, a more fundamental reason may lie in a crisis of the Catholic faith. (See a story about Bill Hancock, head of the Bowl Championship Series...