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Investors were already poised at the brink of panic, looking for reassurance, when the announcement of a key statistic set them running. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that the U.S. trade deficit, the closely watched barometer of America's competitive woes, failed to improve as much as investors had...
Consider this statistic: Columbia's record during the Cowbell Era was 6-18-1, including a five-week drive for the Ivy League title. Somewhat respectable. In the Post Cowbell Era (1980-present), the Lions have posted a 4-67-2 mark and have monopolized the Ivy cellar.
"What does love mean as it is used in this book?" asks Dr. Thomas Szasz, the maverick psychiatrist-author (Sex by Prescription), who teaches at the State University of New York at Syracuse. "Does it mean serenity or constant sex or something else?" The survey, Szasz contends, is "sensation mongering...
Many Floridians are planning to do just that. Thousands have signed up for firearms courses, a requirement for the concealed-weapons permit, and business is brisk at shooting ranges around the state. At the Tamiami Range and Gun Shops in Miami, classes have been booked solid since early June. "I...
"One side of me says that would be wonderful," Reich, a senior, says of the 25 percent statistic. "There's another side that says I live in a homophobic society, and it would not be good for Yale. It would be detrimental for the gay community because we would be...