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...question is, How pronounced will the slowdown be? On July 4, the government announced that orders to manufacturers dropped by 0.9% in May. Most economists had expected a modest rise, and the unexpectedly poor performance - combined with other data suggesting that business confidence is on the wane - caused much hand-wringing. "The outlook for German industry is worsening extremely rapidly," says Riches-Flores...
...There's never really been this kind of organized gay-themed tour before, and its very existence, during what many urban crusaders consider a postgay era - a "whatever" age in which identity politics are on the wane - seems quaint and comforting. When the Indigo Girls hit the stage for True Colors at Radio City Music Hall recently, their set of barnstorming folk brought back warm memories of early 1990s pink-triangle-bedecked marches, a period when the movement seemed in overdrive...
...exactly why we emphasize the three phases and the transition from phase one to phase two. We emphasize this more and give more help and guidelines in this book. We have any number of people who have kept weight off over many, many years, and everybody will wax and wane some. But the other is regular exercise...
...government officials who moved against the Hizballah network are known to coordinate their actions with the United States, and the Bush Administration may be digging in its heels into Lebanon while its days in office are on the wane. The Bush Administration is keen both to preserve Lebanon's independence from Syria, which ended its occupation of Lebanon in 2005 under American pressure, and to push for the disarmament of Hizballah, which the U.S. regards as a terrorist organization and a major threat to Israel. "Hizballah needs to make a choice: Be a terrorist organization or be a political party...
...intelligent design movement uses the guise of science to promote a religious end. Both the Bush White House and Al Gore abuse science to promote environmental and economic policies. Facts become distorted; contradicting data is conveniently unmentioned; and people’s faith in scientific studies begins to wane...