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...Matt joined us, and our Matt pulled him a chair. The conversation turned to politics. The older Matt said he was a Democrat, and Andrew asked why Al Gore’s home state had gone to Bush. “Well, you know, there’s a ton of rednecks here in Tennessee,” he replied. “And after 9/11, they were spoilin’ for a fight.” Andrew nodded. “But now—what? two years later?—they’re still serving...
...earned more than $60,000. The Times goes to great lengths to show that Wilson has what they consider middle class traits—he eats fatty foods, his parents were poor, he didn’t finish college—but the fact remains that Wilson has a ton more money than most Americans...
...ton of chances and it was just a matter of time until our goal came,” Lau said...
...Korea's small and mid-sized plastics manufacturers have gone out of business in the past 18 months because, in a highly competitive industry, they've been unable to raise prices to compensate for higher production costs?the price of polypropylene has soared from $800 per ton last year to $1,200 per ton today. "Consumers expect plastics to be cheap," says Jung, whose own raw-material costs have increased by 50% in the past year without him increasing prices. "Now I lose money on every plastic container I make. Maybe it's about time I retire...
...We’ve been going over a ton of Brown film. They have nine All Ivy players returning,” Murphy said, noting that the Bears return junior receiver Lonnie Hill, who led the Ivy League in receptions in 2003 before taking last season off. “Based upon what I know, Brown’s as good as anybody else...