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Now for the flip side. When the AO swings negative, the circling Arctic winds weaken and cold air descends from the polar region, leading to below-normal temperatures across the hemisphere. The AO seesaws every winter, and appears to be drifting back to the negative now, at least momentarily. Combine...
Over the past two weeks, one could hardly turn to the opinion page of any national newspaper without getting spooked by the frightful specter of partisan wrangling. The details of the scare story varied—here it was economic stimulus, there it was airport security legislation—but...
"The airplane was making a frightful noise," said Cornelious Shanahan, who lives five houses away from where the airplane engine smashed a Texaco gas station on 129th Street. "We rushed out of the house and the firemen were there in seconds, with policemen right behind them. The first response was...
Perhaps the biggest problem with the rally is that it is directing capital to companies best left for dead. What really ails the tech sector is too much capacity, which won't go away until investors ration capital properly. "Anything that deters consolidation is a long-term negative for tech...
Clowns are scary. I didn't used to think so; I'm a longtime circus fan, and while the clowns were never my favorite part of the circus growing up, they never freaked me out either. In recent years I have realized that the general consensus is that clowns are...