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...return to - gasp - inflation watch. Greenspan won't be intervening in this economy again until it's time to slow it down, and the bond markets aren't waiting, pushing up market interest rates on those very fears. The window of opportunity that gave consumers most of their extra 2001 spending power - great mortgage-refinancing deals and low-interest rate loans - is closing fast...
...Audiences have responded with their pocketbooks; on the very weekend Washington and Berry were receiving their awards, Wesley Snipes, another black actor, finished No.1 at the box office with his film "Blade II" beating out such heavy-hitters as "Ice Age" and the re-release of "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." But black actors still aren't fully embraced by the Hollywood establishment. Recently, Will Smith (who lost out on Oscar night to Washington in the Best Actor category) went public with charges that John Grisham didn't want Smith in the movie version of one of his books because...
...insurers have recently started to balk at paying claims if they can prove church officials knew about the abuse and failed to stop it. Most dioceses also insure themselves through a Catholic self-help pool to which they contribute healthy annual premiums. Sometimes nicknamed "the Bishop's Program," this extra insurance often provides the cash payments that church authorities use to conceal their priests' wrongdoings...
Against the Black Bears (24-10-7), though, the bounces went the other way in the extra frame. Maine freshman winger John Ronan ended Harvard’s season 2:02 into Saturday’s one and only overtime period...
Maine includes a defenseman in its offensive rush, placing extra pressure on the opposing defense and creating more scoring opportunities. This system, however, leaves the Black Bears open to counterattacks, as only one defenseman remains to guard the goal. As a result, Maine has given up eight shorthanded goals this season...