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...Sharon is now talking about more West Bank settlements being evacuated - even mentioning "final status" talks with the Palestinians. Is he anticipating renewed talks any time soon, or planning to take new unilateral steps towards his own idea of where final boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians should be drawn...
...opposite reason: a big growth in demand, particularly from China, rather than a curtailing of supply. In addition, developed countries have generally reduced their dependence on oil as services have replaced manufacturing, while central banks have become smarter about nipping inflation in the bud. And critically, China's status as the low-cost workshop of the world helps lower prices?and keeps them down?for everything from underwear to DVD players. "If you had asked two years ago where the economy would be if oil hit $65 a barrel, we would have been far less upbeat than we are today...
...something I did at age 19," says the offender, who is now 23. "This is like using a broadsword to cut out a lump of cancer." Legislator Jerry Behn, the lead sponsor of Iowa's new residency law, sees things differently. "It's very important not to instill victim status on these predators," he says. "Some inconvenience on them is nothing compared to the lifetime of suffering they give to their victims...
...What's also at stake, say the developers, is the status of the "home" as something more than a commodity as instantly tradable as pork-belly futures. When the prime purpose of a house or condo becomes hedging instead of living, they argue, it eventually loses the cachet of residential and community stability that keeps property values strong in the long term. "If there is no sincere interest or care about the actual use of the property," says Robins, "it won't be worth that much over time. It jeopardizes the market." In an exchange this month on the Inman...
...apply for work visas and would fund 1,250 more customs and border-patrol agents and $5 billion worth of cameras and sensors along the border. A more lenient bipartisan plan from Arizona's John McCain and Massachusetts' Edward Kennedy would allow illegal immigrants to apply for "guest worker" status without returning home first. That bill is backed by many Democrats, but the AFL-CIO is withholding support...