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...Grace Chapel's band, needed help when his grandfather died last year. He knew that the Bible says he would see his grandfather again someday, but he didn't feel certain enough. Then came the Grace Chapel winter retreat in New Hampshire. "I just went out into the snow," says Tristan. "I was cold, but suddenly I didn't care. It was like there's this barrier around you, just you and God, like you could bawl your eyes out and nobody would care." It was the moment that Tristan had been waiting...
...beach is only a small part of the state that has everything—within a few hours drive, it is possible to reach the beach, state and national parks, snow (in the right weather), and a lively city. San Francisco has an amazing array of culture and sights that rivals the best cities in the world. Although everyone is told that the cable cars are simply an over-hyped tourist attraction, I loved standing on the edge and enjoying the wind as the cable cars whisk over the city’s characteristic steep hills. Fisherman?...
...Chinese imports, had garnered surprising bipartisan traction in Congress and could well have been passed by the upper chamber later this year. The China bashers certainly did not get anything close to what they were seeking, but the wind is now out of their sails. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow's statement that he welcomes the currency shift makes it likely that protectionist legislation will now lose support in Washington. Likewise in Europe, the anti-Chinese sentiment on trade policy should recede...
...widely seen by economists as the first step toward a free-floating, and much stronger, yuan. If the yuan continues to appreciate, China's new currency policy could reorder global trade and investment, boost the power of Asian consumers, and address global trade imbalances. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, who had been a vocal critic of Beijing's peg, said "full implementation" of the new policy "will be a significant contribution toward global financial stability...
...Snow was not the only one to applaud. China's move received qualified praise from Bangkok to Tokyo to Washington, where U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan called it "a good first step." It's unclear whether Beijing acted because of American pressure or in spite of it. Zhou Xiaochuan, head of China's central bank, said the shift was made because the dollar had become too volatile, so it was in China's own long-term interest to change. Whatever the reasons, the decision is expected to smooth strained relations between China and the U.S.?good timing, given that...