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Showing Walken’s classically trained dancing moves, this Spike Jonze directed piece is spare and direct and amazing...
...Nowak said. He pointed out that flu deaths ranged from 17,000 to 51,200, and the number 36,000 is only an average. Nowak also said that Doshi underscored the 12-percent increase in the 65-and-older population as too little to account for the 2003 spike in deaths. These people are much more susceptible to flu than the younger population. Doshi said that, while the number of people over the age of 65 may have been increasing, the number of flu deaths decreased by 30 percent, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health...
...think. Yes, consumers will spend $24 billion more on energy this quarter than in the same period last year, a 21% jump. That hardship is prompting some to rethink holiday splurges. But prices have come down from their post-Katrina highs, far enough to spur a spike in consumer confidence. For a while, says college student May Rashid, 22, in Fort Worth, Texas, "gas prices were taking all my money," and she planned to cut holiday spending. Now, with gas prices falling, she figures the crunch will be manageable and is enticed to keep shopping because "I keep finding things...
...part, Wagoner seems to have lost some of his customary cockiness, sounding more defensive in public appearances. He's also driving on a narrow mountain road. Even a slight slowdown in the economy or a spike in gas prices could put him on the edge as he braces for union negotiations that may determine whether GM survives intact. If there's any solace for Wagoner, it's that he isn't the only car guy in the hot seat. Even Carlos Ghosn, chief of Nissan, the automotive turnaround story of the decade, is experiencing a sales slump, and the company...
...military commanders, who have long argued that troop reductions must depend on conditions on the ground, warn against any abrupt cutbacks. "A precipitous pullout would be destabilizing," says Army Lieut. General John Vines, the top ground commander in Iraq. And the Pentagon expects a spike in violence in the run-up to the Dec. 15 election for a new parliament. But the debate over a withdrawal, spurred in part by Democratic Representative John Murtha's call two weeks ago for an accelerated departure, is now out in the open. Here are some of the key questions going forward...