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...against the backdrop of the ongoing economic crisis, which remains the key issue for voters. Germany may be officially out of recession but Europe's biggest economy is struggling to get back on its feet. Unemployment is creeping up and public finances are deteriorating. Germany's budget deficit reached 3.3% of GDP in 2009 and is forecast to rise to more than 5% of GDP this year - far more than the 3% limit set by European Union rules. Add in worries that Berlin could end up bailing Greece out of its own financial predicament (so far Merkel's response...
...Germans ... don't want to bail out the feckless Greeks with their flagrantly inaccurate official statistics; they resent being Europe's banker of last resort; they object to the universal demand that they plug the vast holes in the Greek budget deficit in the name of 'European unity'; and for the first time in a long time they are saying it out loud." --3/8/10...
Early in the third quarter, co-captain Travis Burr found White for his second goal of the game, cutting the Crimson’s deficit...
...Schultz came back from a 5-2 deficit in the second set to force a tiebreaker and win, leaving Chijoff-Evans at the No. 1 spot with the deciding match against a talented opponent in James Meredith
...Crimson grabbed the first set in dramatic fashion, rebounding from a 17-12 deficit to take a narrow two-point victory. Service errors plagued Sacred Heart down the stretch and strong play from Jones gave the Crimson the lead...