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...most economic analysts. It would help U.S. exports, by making them cheaper in terms of foreign currencies, and bring U.S. trade accounts closer to balance. A sudden and sharp drop in the buck's value, however, would be a very different matter--in fact, a disaster. It would greatly worsen U.S. inflation by driving up the price of imports. Foreign goods and services directly account for about 15% of all American gross-domestic purchases and have a real influence far beyond that because so many American products either compete with imports or are assembled partly from imported components...
Last week, USA Today reported almost eight million Ethiopians face severe food shortages as a result of several continuing months of drought. The newspaper also remarked that continuing rainfalls are expected to worsen conditions after the recent floods in Mozambique. This coverage represents a step in the right direction. But in addition to ignoring other countries in the horn of Africa--which would have doubled the number of starving people in the article's statistics--the paper found these events worthy to fill only a two-inch column of text. Even worse, the information was located on page...
...begins to focus on Citizen Clinton with no executive privilege, it's sure to deliver a fresh batch of slime. Clinton, the party's most popular and powerful figure in recent memory, has already become an international laughingstock for his sexual and moral misdeeds - and that embarassment may soon worsen...
Although Ariz. Sen. John S. McCain is far from officially out of the running, his prospects only worsen from here. The two biggest primaries next week are in Texas and Florida--and both states are governed by men named Bush...
...died when they developed bacterial infections--a common complication of flu--and were treated solely with antiviral medications, which don't work against bacterial infections and were never meant to. Only antibiotics can tame bacterial infection. In addition, some people with asthma and other lung problems saw their condition worsen while on Relenza, a known side effect that GlaxoWellcome properly flags in its package insert...