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...people rich. Government taxes on the country's oil business - Norway is the world's fifth largest exporter by volume - have helped bloat Norway's national pension fund to around $350 billion. But those good times couldn't last forever. With fields beginning to dry up, oil production has slid to 2.6 million bbl a day this year from 3.5 million six years ago, says John Olaisen, Oslo-based energy analyst at Carnegie, a Nordic investment bank. For Helge Lund, 44, formerly CEO of Statoil and now chief of the combined company, the message couldn't be clearer...
...white males identifying themselves as Democrats has declined from 47% in 1952 to about 25% in 2004. Much of that decline was an unavoidable consequence of two honorable positions the party took in the 1960s: in favor of civil rights and against the war in Vietnam. But civil rights slid into special preferences (for everyone, it seemed, but white men), and Vietnam slouched, all too often, into reflexive pacifism and a distrust of the military. Is it possible now, with the Republicans diving into foolish militarism and the indulgence of Thou-shalt-not killjoys, that Reagan Democrats might be tempted...
...insurance goal was Stamatis’s first tally of the year. A mere 20 seconds after the ensuing kickoff, Fucito slipped through the Cornell defense and caught up with a pass from sophomore Andre’ Akpan. One-on-one with the keeper, Fucito slid a shot into the right side netting for Harvard’s fourth and final goal of the day. “That just took the wind out of their sails,” Hoff said. “They pretty much crumbled after that.” It is becoming...
...Crimson on both sides of the field as the game remained scoreless for the first twenty minutes. In the first half, UMass attempted five shots on goal, three of which went in, while Harvard put up eight unsuccessful bids. All three Minutewomen goals were off assists. The tallies just slid past junior goalkeeper Kylie Stone, who earned two saves in the first half and another in the second. Coming into the second half with a three-goal deficit, the Crimson notched four shots but was unable make it past Minutewomen goalie Sarah Williams, who tallied eight saves during the contest...
...said the fine left BA's outlook "unchanged." But it's been a turbulent year for Britain's largest carrier. The specter earlier this year of cabin crew strikes, though eventually averted, triggered mass passenger cancellations and diluted the airline's results. Operating profit in the year to April slid 13%. The airline insists it's not been helped by tough security measures still in place at U.K. airports, where passengers are limited to one item of hand luggage and have to put ointments and liquids in clear plastic bags. In April, BA even came out top in a league...