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...from K Street to Wall Street to Main Street was feeling flush, it looked like cold, cruel ideology next to Bill?s lofty empathies. Not to mention that Republicans, in their own way, have been prone to spend as much as Democrats when its been their turn at the trough. Now that Americans are doing a little belt-tightening of their own, they might finally be ready to demand that Washington join them...
...companies, no doubt about it - but still less than the 816 at this point last quarter and 935 overall for Q1. Could it be there isn't as much bad news as before? That there's even some success stories sprinkled in? Could this be - drumroll, please - the earnings trough before things pick up again in the wake of just-begun...
...Have Nothing to Lose But Your Reigns Uneasy Head? Maybe the Crown's Too Tight dinosaurs in ermine? parasites breeding paparazzi at the public trough? Costly recalcitrants with hemophilia and, attitude-wise, a mace up their thrones? Wait a second: royal families are people too and, just like the rest of us, they are wrestling with the issues, resolving inner conflicts and entertaining a deep desire to change. Princess Mathilde of Belgium, for example, has a royal bun in the oven and if she delivers a girl, new laws would allow the child to become the first sovereign Queen...
...steroidal, but they're still growth numbers. And that's what all the cautious optimism is about. The world isn't likely to go into recession unless the U.S. does, in the U.S., the current thinking is that with Greenspan still slashing interest rates and the apparent winter trough of U.S. growth receding in the rear-view mirror, the worst of America's troubles with its burst bubble may be over...
...school activities. But that means he often stays up later than his sisters, which puts his parents at risk of a breakdown. Owens suggested we end the late-afternoon car naps and instead take our son to his room well before then and help him find his midday circadian trough, one of two low points humans experience in energy level each day. (The other one is in the middle of the night...