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...projected home prices would rebound in 2007. He now says rising home sales were the result of deterioration of lending standards and not lower mortgage rates. "I was wrong. The real story with home sales has to do with the availability of credit," says Hamilton. "And credit is tight...
...TIGHT SQUEEZE When you're halfway to the target, clench to prep for landing...
Ahmed rallied back from a loss in the first game with tight wins in the second and third games, proving crucial for his overall...
...closest Senate race in history - for an open New Hampshire seat in 1974 - was so tight that the candidates had to hold a second election. After Republican Louis Wyman beat Democrat John Durkin by just 355 votes, a recount gave Durkin the lead - but by only 10 votes, which meant another recount. This count gave the election back to Wyman - by two votes. Durkin asked the Senate - which had a convenient 60-vote Democratic majority - for a review of the results. Despite six weeks of debate, the Senate couldn't resolve the matter, and the two candidates agreed...
...national fatigue with Bush will not necessarily translate into Georgia fatigue with Chambliss, who is in many ways nearly a parody of a Bush-Cheney Republican. He has supported the Administration on just about everything but its efforts to rein in outrageous farm subsidies. He is so tight with the sugar industry that he attacked a whistleblower who reported safety problems after an explosion at a Georgia mill killed 14 people. He has been an ardent supporter of sending U.S. troops into harm's way even though he avoided serving in Vietnam through student deferments, as well as because...