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...most frustrating observation is that after almost 20 years of booming growth, the percentage of poor people isn't any lower than it was in the 1970s. The 1990s brought dramatic improvements, particularly for African Americans, but also saw a widening gap between richest and poorest. "Having the economy going again isn't enough," says Michigan professor Sheldon Danziger. "To me the puzzle is that there isn't any discussion of this." --By Eric Roston
...just-in-time supply chain. The West Coast docks support an estimated 4 million jobs across the U.S. In Fremont, Calif., an auto assembly plant owned jointly by GM and Toyota had to stop production for lack of engines and transmissions, idling 5,100 workers. Such retailers as the Gap, Target and Wal-Mart, which expect to do 40% of their annual business during the holiday season, would suffer a blow to their profits from any long disruption in supplies of toys, apparel and appliances from the Far East...
...before, Joel Benenson, who polls for McGreevey and Torricelli, and is trusted by both, called Torricelli: the Senate race which had been even on Thursday was now a double-digit gap. Worse, following new ethics revelations, virtually every voter knew about Torricelli's woes. Now at the 19th century mansion, the beleaguered Senator raised withdrawal as a way to keep his seat-and the Senate-in Democratic hands. It's impossible to know Torricelli's motives. Was it for the party's sake or did he think another shoe would drop? Whatever the reasons, no decision was made as Torricelli...
...months, Pomey spent $1,098 at Victoria’s Secret, $1,056.50 at Express and $829.58 at the Gap...
...dingy urban landscape. In Looking West on 29th Street on a September Evening (2000), it seems as though Monet painted a field of flowers beneath a milky skyline and gritty buildings. The images, which come from Sternfeld’s book Walking the High Line, chronicle a journey past Gap billboards and over abandoned railways strangely overgrown with plants and flowers. Sternfeld teaches “Landscape Photography” this semester...