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...hardly any certainty that the dollar will keep falling. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody's Economy.com, believes the free-fall might be slowing: "I think the dollar is near a bottom via the Euro, pound and Canadian dollar. Foreign exchange markets are already pricing in a very weak if not recessionary U.S. economy and substantial Fed easing." And while he thinks the dollar still has further to go in relation to the Chinese Yuan and other Asian currencies - he predicts another 5% to 7.5% until early in the next decade, when he thinks the Chinese-U.S. trade balance...
Until recently, Venezuela's opposition was so weak and fragmented it seemed unable to even fathom an electoral victory. But, in the early morning hours on Monday, it sealed a surprising triumph over the constitutional reform proposal of a President who, in nine years, had never lost an election. Scrambling to explain this aberration in a land where Hugo Chavez dominates the political landscape, many political observers point to the thousands of university students, who, dormant until this year, clogged the streets to protest the reform in the weeks leading up to the vote. Raul Baduel, the former defense minister...
...freshman Hao Meng each posting two victories. The foilists notched eight wins in each of the other two meets. The epee fencers couldn’t find that same rhythm. With a strong combination of senior Teddy Sherill and sophomores Billy Stallings and Karl Harmenberg, the squad beat a weak opponent in the form of BC by the slimmest of margins, 5-4, and fell to the Judges by the same mark. Saber, too, fell below its potential, losing to Brandeis, 5-4, despite crushing BC and MIT 7-2 and 8-1, respectively. “We?...
...Connor said. “We’ll win the dual meets with our Ivy opponents. We’ll win conference.” Health may be the only roadblock in the Crimson’s way, as the squad boasts few weak points. Beyond Caputo, junior Andrew Flanagan—who the NWCA ranks sixth at 165 lbs.—was sidelined for the first meet due to a high ankle sprain. Last year it was the same sprain on his other leg that cut short his season. But the junior looks to make his return...
...Israelis and Palestinians agreed to restart negotiations on the tough issues of dividing Jerusalem, establishing borders and providing for the return of Palestinian refugees. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed the Saudis and the Syrians to join the talks in a show of support for the weak Palestinian leadership. Still, the summit, which set the goal of creating a Palestinian state at peace with Israel by the end of 2008, was a risk. If talks fail, says George Salem, a co-founder of the Arab American Institute, "then the extremists will attempt to once again take control...