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...Main Street's Pullback For millions of Americans, the prospect of living within their means is a meaner one by the day. And it has consequences that are already showing in the bankruptcies of retailers such as Linens 'n Things, Mervyns, Steve & Barry's, Shoe Pavilion, Goody's and Sharper Image and in the possibility of poor holiday sales. The overleveraged consumer is the biggest economic problem the country faces, because debt has been the rocket fuel that has propelled growth for most of the past decade. Two-thirds of the $14 trillion U.S. economy is driven by consumer spending...
...price surge, Obama tried to suggest to Americans that maintaining inflated tires could conserve fuel. The suggestion, backed by experts, was mocked by the McCain campaign. Clearly Obama learned the lesson of Walter Mondale's attempt to tell the truth in 1984 about the need to raise taxes. Steve Charing, Clarksville, Maryland...
...three weeks, it is tough to get motivated, especially for upperclassmen.”Last season Cornell benefited from the lack of conference tournament as it didn’t have to risk squandering its 14-0 league mark before entering the NCAA tournament. Nevertheless, Big Red head coach Steve Donahue agreed with his fellow Ivy League brethren.“I think it is best for the student-athletes,” Donahue said. “If the conference tournament is done right, I am all for it.”The league preseason poll was released...
...This year’s cast is smaller than those of past years. The 2008 lineup includes accomplished performers like Steve Byrne, who has his own Comedy Central Happy Hour special, Jordan Carlos, nationally recognizable as Stephen Colbert’s “black friend Alan,” and Julian McCullough, who regularly appears on VH1’s Best Week Ever...
...technology as the solution, not the problem: Though media companies and the government have relied on lawyers to fight digital piracy, Lessig highlights the much more logical approach of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who chose to forgo such legal weapons in favor of a "fight-fire-with-fire" approach - Digital Rights Management, or DRM. This code limited the redistribution of iTunes songs, thus reassuring record companies that the online music store wouldn't be a total rip-off. "DRM was thus a speed bump: it slowed illegal use just enough to get the labels to buy in." But Lessig also...