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...Osaka, Japan, the normally dour Federal Reserve chairman said he saw "clearly encouraging" signs that the recession is ending and mounting evidence of a "stronger-than-expected recovery." But back at home, hardly anyone else felt it. Wary Americans seemed a long way from embarking on a spending spree. "I used to go into a store and say, 'I want that,' and not even ask how much it cost," says Liane Adduci, an ad- agency executive in Chicago. "Now I'm much more conservative." The unlikely but nagging chance of a layoff has kept her cautious, Adduci says. "I couldn...
Wilson, who recently took an art history course, opted for an intellectual experience, as he and Hughes embarked on a "museum spree...
...least three of these predecessors. And first-time writer Callie Khouri remains true to convention in two important respects: her road-running pair are lovably eccentric; and they are, in the largest sense, innocents. The uncomprehending world may see them as the dangerous perpetrators of a colorful crime spree. We, however, are encouraged to understand them not as public enemies but as public victims. It's an unfeeling society that is really responsible for their wicked deeds...
Cambridge City Manager Robert W. Healy referred to the series of crimes as "a spree, a rash." And several observers theorized that the crime wave was an unfortunate side-effect of the coming of spring...
Those "things" were namely Scarlet Knight defenders, who spent much of the afternoon at the mercy of the Crimson's revamped transition game and offense. Sophomore attacker Liz Berkery continued her scoring spree with three goals and the rest of the Crimson did its share of damage, battering the Rutgers goal until the final buzzer...