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...will only lower unemployment from about 9 percent to 7.5 percent, while the economy’s target unemployment rate, the natural rate, is about 5 percent. By the standards of the president-elect’s own economists, the plan will leave America with high unemployment and a weaker economy...
...yard breaststroke, an unusual event for the sophomore. She clocked in at 2:25.33, followed by freshmen Victoria Pratt and Alicia Lightbourne.The Crimson’s lineup was full of surprises, as many swimmers stepped outside their comfort zones to compete in unfamiliar events against a weaker opponent. “It can’t just be about the times you go, it has to be about racing,” Morawski said. “When it’s a completely different event, you have nothing to lose.”Harvard also recorded sweeps...
...Before the euro, a financial crisis in Europe went hand in hand with currency woes: a run on weaker currencies, heavy intervention by central banks and finally a collapse of the parity system. "I've lived through currency devaluations, and they are fraught with anxieties," says Hans Martens, chief executive of the European Policy Centre. "But the way the euro coped with the financial crisis was absolutely great. You have a big island of stability, with small nations protected when the big waves became rough...
...agenda is angering environmentalists. Critics say these "midnight regulations"--Bush is pushing through a record number of them--have consequences that will not be easily reversed. The new laws would allow: ? Federal agencies to develop land without scientific oversight ? Farms to dump waste into nearby waterways ? Weaker standards for safe drinking water ? Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and oil drilling in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming ? Increased emissions for coal-fired stations ? Loaded, concealed firearms in national parks...
...transitional government has only gotten weaker since it was appointed in 2004 in a bid to bring some form of effective governance to Somalia, which has essentially had no oversight since dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. In the years since, Somalia has become the site of one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters; more than a third of the country's 9.5 million people now rely on emergency food aid. Much of that aid isn't getting through because pirates operating off the Somali coast have perfected the business of seizing ships on their...