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...partners that Greece could rein in its ballooning deficit on its own, Papandreou's administration was forced to tack on a second, harsher round of measures. The $6.5 billion package includes cuts in civil servants' salaries, a freeze on pensions and a host of tax increases, including a 2% bump in the value-added...
From there, Grahame-Smith scrolls forward through Lincoln's life, concocting a vampiric explanation for its every bump and wrinkle. The death of Lincoln's grandfather Abraham? Vampire. The death of his first love, Ann Rutledge? Vampire. Civil War? Vampires. He doesn't explicitly state that Millard Fillmore was a vampire, but I have my suspicions. (See portraits of Abraham Lincoln...
...recently suffered an upset at the hands of Penn, a team the Crimson beat by 14. But the Big Red had more than enough firepower against Harvard last time, beating it by 36. On Friday, we will find out if the loss to the Quakers was a simple speed bump on the road to March Madness or if it was the beginning of the end of Cornell’s reign...
...Claire Chapotot of France went flying off a bump and skidded on her behind before coming to a stop. "Ooohhhh, that's got to hurt," yelped one of the p.a. guys. American Callan Chythlook-Sifsof smashed her back against the snow after bungling a landing; somehow, she bounced back up. "You know, I'd have to come down in one of those yellow baskets if that happened to me," said a wisecracking announcer. Naturally, replays of all the crashes conveniently popped onto the big screen at the bottom of the hill, where the crowd was gathered to watch the event...
Like much of the rest of the health care sector, the drug-wholesaling industry has proved mostly recession-proof. Revenue rose 8% in 2008, to $386 billion, and an additional 6% bump is expected for last year, according to Pembroke Consulting, a Philadelphia distribution and manufacturing consultancy. Plus, an aging population and reform will be extra boons. "In theory, more insured people should mean more drug utilization," says Adam J. Fein, an economist and the founder of Pembroke. "That means more money in the pockets of wholesalers...