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Despite June 15th's market weakness, investment managers are optimistic that stocks will not head back to their March lows, since the scariest part of the financial crisis appears to be over. That said, most do anticipate an ongoing correction that might take stock prices down another...
Heat waves, droughts and mass extinctions are all potential threats from climate change. But the scariest risk has always been that of rapid sea-level rise caused by the collapse of the massive ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. There is enough water locked on Greenland alone to raise global sea levels by 23 ft. (7 m) if it melted, which would swamp coastal cities like London and Shanghai and all but wipe away small island states like the Maldives and Tuvalu. We can likely adapt, expensively, to higher temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, but it's difficult to imagine...
Pointing the Finger Re "The Scariest Places," Joe Klein succinctly presents the dilemma facing President Obama and his advisers regarding Afghanistan and Pakistan [March 16]. My suggestion is simply put the blame on Israel, then we can all go home. Nachman Kahana, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
...time, Oct. 13, 1989, was the second largest drop of the Dow in history. Nicknamed the Friday-the-13th mini-crash, these days it's not even in the top 10. That might be the scariest fact...
...Bush Administration and the Republican Congress on everything from faulty prewar intelligence to arsenic in drinking water. When the Democrats regained control of the House and he took over the chairmanship of that panel in 2006, the headline of a TIME profile of Waxman described him as "The Scariest Guy in Washington." His operation is so respected that Obama picked longtime Waxman chief of staff Phil Schiliro to head the White House's congressional-liaison office...