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...official word was that Rubin?s presence was a show of bipartisanship. But has the credibility of Greenspan, hardly a flagrant Republican these past 14 years at the Fed?s helm, sunk so low? Or was it that in a time of economic crisis, the sight of Rubin and Greenspan together again, just like the time they saved the world from the 1997 Asian currency meltdown, was deemed to be far more reassuring that the sight of Greenspan and O?Neill...
...times. The Conference Board?s September consumer confidence report provided the first headlining information about life after the attacks - the number plummeted to 96 from August?s 114, the largest drop since 1990 - and the latest Redbook survey showed retail sales are starting to come back in sight of pre-attack levels back after a week-of-the-11th dive. Of course, those levels weren?t so good...
...jerseys for those Harlem Globetrotter patsies, the Washington Generals. Now sewing machines in town can't run fast enough affixing 2's and 3's to T-shirts, jerseys, hats and everything else fit to wear or display. Holiday season shoppers looking for Jordan paraphernalia will be a welcome sight, because it's clear after just the first two NFL games that no one is going to want any Redskins gear...
...that cascade from the brain when it is infected by fear are familiar--sweaty palms, accelerated heartbeat, jumpiness, sleeplessness. Frequently, long after the immediate danger has passed, anything that calls the trauma to mind--a picture of the New York City skyline shorn of its two largest shapes; the sight of an airplane gliding by overhead--can give rise to the same symptoms. All too often, the most obvious coping mechanism, if only in the short run, is simple avoidance. And this week a lot of Americans are practicing...
...horror of shell-shocked, bloodied civilians wandering the streets after a suicide bombing is a sight that Americans associate more with Jerusalem than with New York. But the attack on Sept. 11 brought the specter of terrorism to the centers of our nation’s greatest cities. This is a specter that Israel has been fighting for years, and the international coalition against terrorism that President George W. Bush is trying to assemble should include Israel as a partner...