Word: recession
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...time Vela pulled the trigger, he was so sleep-deprived and dehydrated after four days of non-stop battlefield action that he was neither in control of his actions nor fully aware of what he was doing. "It was a terrible accident," Culp said outside the courtroom during a recess, "but Evan didn't intentionally shoot anyone...
...late January, the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary chairmen wrestled over whether the firms should get immunity from prosecution for whatever role they played. It's a fight that could get uglier soon if the House and Senate launch backroom negotiations for a final bill before the Presidents' Day recess on Feb. 18 as expected...
...defeat at the hands of the Wildcats. She also recorded eight saves in the loss, seven of which came in the game’s opening period. Harvard lost both its No. 1 ranking and its undefeated record all in one night as it headed into Winter Recess. But both Kessler and the Crimson rebounded to come out of the break playing a dominant brand of hockey. Sunday’s matchup against Dartmouth proved the culmination of a six-game stretch in which Harvard regained its No. 1 ranking and Kessler played almost perfectly in front...
...Recess, every child’s favorite subject, is slowly disappearing from American public schools. According to the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), over 40 percent of elementary schools have eliminated or are considering eliminating it. Administrators at these schools argue that impressionable children should be protected from overly competitive games and accidents that unstructured play can provoke. Of course, the implication, much of the time, is that the potential for lawsuits will also be minimized. While we sympathize with the pressures that have instigated this trend, we believe that it is ultimately harmful to the welfare of today?...
Time, at least, seems to be on Brown's side. Parliament's seasonal recess from Dec. 18 to Jan. 7 should give him a little breathing space. (Asked during his weekly grilling by MPs what he'd like for Christmas, Brown sighed: "I might have one day off.") He doesn't have to hold elections until 2010. But by then, he may be forced to fathom another observation from Robert Louis Stevenson: "Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences...