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...mojo - our "animal spirits," in the vivid words of economist John Maynard Keynes. Spirits such as trust, belief and confidence. When surging, these spirits can turn a slump into a boom and a boom into a bubble, but once they shatter, it's a devilish job trying to resurrect them. That's because other animal spirits rise up to take their place: doubt, fear, even panic...
...Saturday’s loss to RPI—in which senior Sarah Wilson returned from illness to single-handedly resurrect the Crimson’s victory aspirations with a pair of goals before the Engineers prematurely dashed such hopes—was certainly full of drama...
...controversy over Popeye. With the pugnacious sailor in the public domain, intellectual-property lawyer Owen predicts battles between publishing houses and King Features over whether Popeye and his Thimble Theatre pals are bound by trademark. But if European publishers decide it's worth the risk to try to resurrect the hero of the Great Depression, who other than King Features could blame them? If there's ever a time when the guy's brimming self-confidence would be welcome...
...Rosetta Reitz, 84, borrowed $10,000 in 1979 and created Rosetta Records to resurrect blues and jazz music from long-forgotten female artists such as Bessie Smith, Ida Cox and Ma Rainey, producing 17 albums and returning their work to renown...
Many Democrats like to think of Barack Obama as a reincarnated JFK, but his congressional colleagues reached further back in time Monday to resurrect FDR and his pump-priming New Deal jobs program to help bolster a wobbly economy. "We need to address the fragility of markets, the stability of our economy," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said as she prepared to meet behind closed doors to talk about the contours of a $150 billion stimulus plan with a high-powered squad of liberal economists including Joseph Stiglitz and Lawrence Summers, both of whom held senior posts during the Clinton Administration...