Word: sentimentals
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...Wall Street's bulls lapped up the news that the nation's highest-profile manufacturers - and one of its handiest gauges of consumer sentiment - were feeling flush, and staged a stirring comeback in a season that hasn't seen many of those. By the closing bell, the Dow was up 113 points, and had crossed back over the 10,000 mark (for the 15th time...
Clones is populated with hundreds of computer-generated creatures, from new digital stars like the four-armed diner chef Dexter Jettster to familiars like Yoda, Watto the Junkman--and that vexing critter Jar Jar Binks, around whom the disappointment in Phantom Menace crystallized. Lucas blames the anti-Jar Jar sentiment on "37-year-old guys who spend all their time on the Internet. But you have to remember that when we did The Empire Strikes Back, some people hated C-3PO. When we did Jedi, they just loathed the Ewoks. There was no Internet to jazz it up, but there...
...else. With so many intelligent people so passionate about an issue, there is indeed great potential for progress on the topic of the Harvard social life. But as long as the members of RUS, Perspective, and many Harvard students insist on creating negative energy and circulating harsh anti-club sentiment, they will get little help from the club members, who could otherwise be among the most active students in a push to open up more social options. Let’s put aside our differences, put down our pens, and see what we can accomplish...
...Pakistan. Last week, according to tribal elders, some 40 U.S. commandos set up base in the Pakistani town of Miramshah, following reports that bin Laden might be holed up nearby in either north Waziristan or the Tirah valley. Officially, Pakistan's government, sensitive to popular anti-American sentiment, denies that U.S. special forces crossed into its tribal borderlands. Whether or not U.S. troops are on the ground, Washington must depend, at least in part, on Pakistani intelligence to flush out remaining fugitives. The working deal is this: the American hunters provide electronic surveillance and whopping rewards for information...
...laying out for new stuff. And consumers, though they haven't let us down in years, still seem resolved to play hard to get. No sooner had stocks clinked a few morning glasses on the GDP news than the Street was hit with the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment report. Down again in April...