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...market crash. In September, employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing and retail trade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which put the nation's unemployment rate at 6.1%. Shutoffs of electricity and gas are rising as families struggle to pay bills with the onset of winter weather across much of the country. And tent cities are beginning to pop up in places like Reno, Nev., and Seattle for the first time in decades...
...prediction as to which flu virus will be making the rounds in a coming season, but they often have to make these predictions up to nine months ahead of time, in order to keep up with the lengthy vaccine manufacturing process. "In some circumstances, it is like forecasting the weather," says Dr. Geoffrey Weinberg, professor of pediatrics at University of Rochester. "Sometimes we are right on, and sometimes...
...finished in eleventh place in Division A. Sophomore skippers Teddy Himler and Alan Palmer, along with classmate crew Quincy Bock, earned a respectable fifth place in Division B, thanks to top-five finishes in the last three races. Stokes and Konstadt started out strong, but in the end, the weather and fierce competition got the best of them. Despite a ninth place overall finish, Palmer said that the sailors, many of whom were filling in for veterans who sat out, came out of the regatta with experience and something to build upon.“We didn?...
...nine a.m. after playing 36 tournament holes the day before, players were soon soaked by a deluge that eventually delayed play and then amped up the difficulty of the already arduous Yale course once play resumed. Scores from day three, in some cases, were swollen by the wet weather. “For the first hour, we were playing in the rain,” freshman Mark Pollak said. “We were sopping wet, and then we were called back in and then sent back out to play with wet clubs and grips. The course played at least...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt-who served from 1933 until his death in 1945-was the first occupant of the Oval Office to serve more than two terms (he was elected to four). Like Bloomberg, Roosevelt-who helped America weather the Great Depression and accepted his nomination to a third term while war raged in Europe- was viewed as a leader capable of navigating turbulent times. It wasn't an experiment many Republicans were intent on repeating, though, and in 1951, the 22nd Amendment codified the presidency as a two-term gig. A 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case, U.S. Term Limits...