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...more than 730 players left jobless." You cannot be serious! Don't expect anyone to feel sorry for these overpaid, greedy, arrogant athletes. Most of them make more money in a year than the majority of their fans earn in a lifetime. The players' exorbitant paychecks and the resulting sky-high ticket prices are putting the game out of reach for many fans. The NHL players' refusal to accept a salary cap caused many people in the hockey support industry - vendors, arena staff, employees of sports bars - to lose their jobs, and now the NHL guys are displacing European players...
Analysts question whether Chávez can profitably ship oil all the way to Asia, and Venezuelan officials insist that U.S. supplies will remain steady even if he does. But given Chávez's anti-Bush fervor--and the leverage that sky-high oil prices afford him--Washington is nonetheless starting to worry that the flow of Venezuelan oil might shrink significantly by the end of this decade. Indiana Senator Richard Lugar has asked the Government Accountability Office to study what "contingencies are in place to mitigate the effects" of a sharp Venezuelan shortfall, "as this could have serious consequences...
...applying for jobs that do not involve handling money or sensitive financial information. Studies from Eastern Kentucky University have found that good credit and good job performance don't necessarily go hand-in-hand, partly because bad credit can result from circumstances outside a person's control, such as sky-high medical bills. Moreover, a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by an African-American woman denied a job because of her credit report raises the question of whether using credit history as a screen leads to discrimination, since minorities, as a group, have had less access...
...claimed the period’s first lead, Northeastern quickly asserted itself, despite Zwarich’s absence. After the two sides traded a pair of free throws, forward Michelle Decerbo powered home a lay-up with 3:36 remaining, drawing a foul on Franklin in the process. Her sky-high free throw swished through, extending the Huskies’ lead...
...Perhaps it's the barbecue grills on sale outside the entrance, an echo of Home Depot's parking-lot bonanzas, or the reams of DVDs, CDs and books that make you think you've stumbled into Wal-Mart. Maybe it's the colorful signs hanging from the industrial, sky-high ceiling, festooned with cheeky slogans like IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT, which remind one of the king of cheap chic, Target. Then again it could be the 10-ft.-wide aisles and end-cap displays with towering boxes of bulk sodas, detergent and paper towels that look straight...