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...mean she can't run just because her husband was President?" a Hillary supporter yelled at me. "That is the most incredibly sexist thing I've ever heard." Yes and no. My guess is that Hillary Clinton would roll into Iowa with an incredible, Howard Dean-like head of steam in January 2008, and then the folks-yes, even the Democratic base-would give her a very close look and conclude that a Hillary presidency would be slightly dodgy. The Clinton line in 1992 was, Buy one, get one free. We've already had that co-presidency-for its full...
...this world are in about 20 or 30 different industry areas. There is no focus." Even in secondary business lines, Sharp tries to develop what it calls "one-of-a-kind" products. A recent example: the new Healsio oven that reduces fat and salt content by cooking with superheated steam. The oven is a smash in Japan, even though it's small and retails for more than...
...once the fourth period hit, Harvard seemed to lose steam...
...Mexico City earthquake as well as the tremors that perennially shake California. But the eruption also bore an eerie similarity to the 1980 detonation of Washington State's Mount St. Helens, which left an estimated 65 people dead and missing. The initial Nevado del Ruiz blast sent steam and millions of tons of ash into the Andean air, but the debris was followed by almost no lava. About 90 minutes after the initial detonation, there was a second. It was so forceful that it shook the air in Cali, 150 miles to the southwest. Said a civil defense worker...
...services, adjusted for inflation, has fallen from 10.9% in 1984 to a projected 4.2% this year. Over the same period, Singapore's rate of expansion has dropped from 8.2% to an estimated .5%. All around East Asia, the world's most dynamic economies have suddenly lost much of their steam...