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...developed world. That's just the worst of many problems: stocks are trading at their lowest levels since the 1980s bubble economy popped; industrial production declined more than 11% in January; banks are sitting on mountains of bad debt; flaccid consumer spending has left the country in a deflationary spiral...
...bold move to have an unfunny, unpleasant, rather pathetic character be your focus. But Watson has a skill with making Rob's downward spiral believable. He never resorts to clumsy pathos, and even succeeds in keeping just a hint of sympathy for the poor sod. It feels right...
...nothing else, the tough loss to Clarkson on Friday was a wake-up call that the Crimson heard loud and clear. Realizing that the fate of its season hung precariously in the balance, Harvard reversed its downward spiral and propelled itself past ECAC favorite St. Lawrence...
...continuing ride down the spiral of lefty public opinion, RALPH NADER just slid past MICHAEL DUKAKIS. It started on election night when Dukakis, not previously known as a scorching comet of unrestrained passion, told the Washington Post that if Nader cost Al Gore the election, "I'll strangle the guy with my bare hands." Nader demanded an apology, saying Dukakis was "reckless" and "out of control." "I was trying to be funny," Dukakis told the Boston Globe. "You have to have a sense of humor in this business." Responded Nader: "I have done Saturday Night Live four times. Who says...
...pursue those responsible for planning such attacks - an ominous warning in light of Tuesday's assassination of a lieutenant colonel in Yasser Arafat's security detail in an Israeli helicopter attack. Even more ominous, perhaps, was the sense that Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a new downward spiral of violent conflict...