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...First, the important question - what does the world think of America? For the first time since the commencement of the Iraq War, there was a slight uptick in favorable attitudes towards the U.S., with positive views increasing since 2007 in half of the countries for which comparative data was available. Such statistics are good news for the nation, but perhaps not so much for George W. Bush, whose departure from the White House next January is the likely cause for the increases. Only three nations - Tanzania, Nigeria, and India - had majorities who expressed confidence in Bush's handling of world...
...these are as many stores as we've ever had open. Overall, if the U.S. is going into recession it is a slight recession. You can very easily lose touch with the fact that this is still the strongest economy in the world by some distance. And we're quite confident that we will continue to grow sales in existing stores even in this very difficult climate. We're finding that our new stores are doing really well. Plus our new stores have the advantage of being fresh so we can open the very best stores we know...
...detention in American courts marks a historic rebalancing of powers between the Executive, Congress and the judiciary - one that many critics believe is a long overdue correction after years of Executive overreach by the Bush Administration. But the ruling's precise practical impact remains unclear and may be relatively slight on the military trials under way at Guantánamo...
...With a slight drop in yield—from 78 to 76 percent—and a smaller number of admits, 200 high school seniors on the waitlist received thick envelopes from Fitzsimmons’ office late this spring. This raised the acceptance rate from the initial 7.1 percent to 7.8 percent. (Last year just 50 freshmen were admitted from the waitlist...
...Fitzsimmons said that the high numbers of students taken off the waitlist is expected to decrease in the future. The slight change in yield has given the admissions office a benchmark for future years...