Word: riche
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...once considered fairly safe - is now a virtual tie, with the momentum going in Obama's direction. That's not something that can be accomplished solely with the support of liberals and minorities - not in Missouri. Here in the borderland between North and South, between East and West, between rich and poor, between city and farm, any would-be President must stay competitive among white voters of modest and middle incomes...
...rich countries the slump has come at a bad time. As the oil price began rising during the past few years, governments and big oil companies plowed billions into exploring and developing new fields in Russia, Angola, Mexico, Brazil and Saudi Arabia - projects whose costs have more than doubled in the past few years, in part because soaring steel prices drove up drilling equipment costs and oil-rig rentals. Just as global demand has begun to slow, millions more barrels of oil a day from new fields have hit the world market...
...Academy: The Drivers of University Endowment Success”—a study written by Business School professor Josh Lerner, MIT professor Antoinette Schoar, and MIT doctoral student Jialan Wang—found an “increasing skewness of endowment sizes,” as rich universities continue to outperform less wealthy academic institutions...
Gressly said the referendum hinges on the historically denied right of self-determination in the oil-rich South, which has been at war for 40 of the last 50 years...
...updated Michelin guides to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas also go on sale this month). What's new: Four restaurants in New York have earned the coveted Michelin three-star rating - Masa, Jean Georges, Le Bernadin and Per Se. If they're a bit too rich for your pocketbook, don't fret: a quarter of the restaurant listings in the new guide fall in the affordable range. At 58 restaurants, you can get two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less, and at 74 restaurants you'll get a good meal...