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...nothing like the tourist brochures out here on the wildflower trail. The promised expanses of everlasting daisies are a riot of brown, the crippling drought postponing, if not canceling, their show. Here and there a scarlet burst of desert pea catches the eye, and the soft orange of the acorn banksia glows above creamy white smokebush along the road, but this season's wildflower hunt demands a little more effort...
...mortgage rates that are still low by historic standards and other measures of affordability. "My view is that the run-up of home prices has been driven by the fundamentals," says Dick Peach, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He figures we'll have a soft landing...
...wonderful to see Hollywood technology mobilized to make a worthwhile point, which is, finally, a very simple one: that under the impress of unimaginable chaos, human beings are capable of simple yet astonishing courage and altruism. Even in the place where a movie like this could go soft--in showing the lives of the trapped men's families--it maintains its unadorned simplicity. The waiting of the wives (Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal) mirrors that of their imperiled men, and it is full of impotent anger, of very touching attempts to maintain normality--clothes still need to be washed, meals...
...Bush after her summer vacation to put the viceroy on a shorter leash. She knew that the President exercised with Bremer when he visited Washington, appreciated his strong Catholic faith and treated him like a Cabinet member. But she drew on her even deeper bond with the President. She soft-pedaled her views of Bremer's record so as not to make it personal and got herself put in charge of Iraq policy...
...with impunity, except that the waiting game happens in the private sector, too. If you want to make a deposit into your bank account, you’d better block off 45 minutes to wait in queue.Mama Gideon eventually honours me with her attention. My voice is soft, I sound apologetic. A fellow Sayansi permit-holder, Dr. Jane Goodall, has something to say about this submissive behavior in primates and its desirable effects for social cohesion. Regardless, however, I wonder meekly how soon I might get a permit.But who am I to be asking Mama Gideon questions...