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...with many of its Gulf neighbors. As the region's premier business, transportation and tourism hub, it is by definition more entwined with the global economy. And in tight times, Dubai lacks the windfall oil profits that have enabled sister emirate Abu Dhabi, for example, to amass a financial cushion in sovereign wealth funds totaling hundreds of billions of dollars...
...such able handicappers as Jennifer Duffy of the Cook Political Report now think the Democrats could gain as many as eight seats, which would mean they would need no more than a single GOP vote or so to prevail on any given issue. That would also give them the cushion to do the one thing that many of them have been itching to do most: kick Joe Lieberman out of their caucus and strip him of his committee chairmanship for supporting John McCain...
...digital culture. The alterations often lead to striking results. In “Lossless #2,” a short film created from an incomplete bit torrent download, disparate images mesh with each other. A woman sticking out her tongue becomes another woman sitting down at a table; a cushion hides a female face. Similar merging runs through “Lossless #5,” as strings of dancing girls blur into a wispy line of smoke. Such metamorphoses are startling in the black and white films; they highlight the pervasiveness of digital change. Perhaps the most arresting installation...
...captain and goaltender Kylie Stone. “Every game is a big game within the league.” With only 14 seconds left in the first half, Harvard broke a scoreless tie when sophomore forward Maggie McVeigh scored on a counterattack. Sophomore forward Leigh McCoy increased the cushion to two with a goal late in the second half. The two goals were more than enough for Stone, who notched seven saves en route to her third shutout of the season. Early on, it looked as if Brown would strike first. Just 35 seconds into the game, Bears forward...
...over. So the more cash you have in short-term securities like bank CDs, interest-bearing checking accounts, money-market mutual funds and Treasury bills, the better shape you'll be in to ride out a market slump and invest again when the economy stabilizes. Typically, a decent cash cushion is three to six months' worth of living expenses if you are working and 12 months' worth or more if you are retired. Double the cushion if you can. "Believe me," says William Jordan, president of the Sentinel Group, financial planners in Laguna Hills, Calif., "you will not look back...