Word: vacuums
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...Greenspan has long been called the second most powerful man in America, and these days he's gotta be making a run at number one. The Commotion by the Ocean in Florida has plenty of folks squawking about a constitutional crisis. But as long as there's no power vacuum at the Fed, you won't hear much about a financial...
Judging by his story on Starbucks' "new" vacuum coffee pot [TREND ALERT, Oct. 23], you need to send Joshua Quittner to basic-science class. The vacuum coffee pots (which can actually be purchased for a few dollars at secondhand stores) push the water to the top funnel because of pressure created by boiling water in the bottom vessel, not by a vacuum in the upper chamber. When the bottom vessel is allowed to cool, a vacuum forms and sucks the coffee back down. The only thing new about this technology is Starbucks' $169 price tag. BILL CONNELL Florence...
...been a dutiful worry in these days since the non-election that the vacuum in the president-elect slot could shake the financial markets. Now that it might be happening - certainly it will look that way to Washington eyes - could the financial markets affect the presidential post-campaign...
...meeting Wednesday, now in a whole different context than anybody expected. The Fed won't move, but it may tinker with its bias, and in the current Washington vacuum, Alan Greenspan's voice could have strange reverberations...
...They've done a vacuum cleaner job of doing research," May said. "In my own judgement, it's gone about as far as it can go. It happened a long time ago, under circumstances which were chaotic. It's clear that American troops were in the area and they were not well...