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WASHINGTON: The U.S. economy is back on its own for a while. After a frenzied (for Alan Greenspan, anyway) string of three straight interest-rate cuts, the Federal Reserve took an expected pass on Tuesday, courtesy of the American consumer. Emboldened by their ever-fattening stock portfolios, consumers have not only carried their economy through a tenuous autumn, they have actually set off some alarms in the Fed's head about an old foe: inflation...
...start, its worst in five years, but the team has not been at full strength since its 81-74 overtime victory against Boston University in the Crimson's first game of the season. This run in with whooping cough is only the latest in a bizarre string of injuries, illnesses and strange circumstances that have plagued the women's basketball team since the preseason...
...early going, God responds to the Israelites' want with a string of gifts. When the waters at Marah are bitter, Moses throws in a piece of wood and they become magically sweet. A similar shortage at Meribah is solved when God directs Moses to strike a rock with his staff, and water pours forth. When food runs out in the wilderness, he promises to "rain down bread for you from the sky." Of all the biblical wonders, manna may admit to the most exact scientific explanation. (Its name is derived from the Israelites' reaction and may best be translated, "Whatta...
What seemed to have been foremost on Bishop's mind was ensuring that the string of monologues felt like a play rather than an unrelated series testimonials. In ways as subtle as casting and as apparent as the set, she successfully resurrected the play's most interesting ambiguities. Three actresses, for example, appear twice on the stage. In "Lamps" at the beginning of the second act, Search wears the costume she was putting on in "15 Minutes." Is "Lamps" the play she was preparing for? Is this the "lacerating self-exposure" she told us of? And when Shionoiri gives birth...
...players also lack a conductor. The group did get one coaching session with the Mendelsohn String Quartet, but they generally rely on collective past experience and carefully-honed instincts to constructively criticize themselves...