Word: note
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...South Dakota (one of the nation's largest ethanol producrs). A global drop in cotton demand hurt the region's cotton farmers, who saw both a decline in prices and one of the smallest harvests in 25 years. Homebuilders in the Sixth District, which includes Alabama, Florida and Georgia, noted historically high inventory numbers, despite Florida's modest gains in real-estate sales last month. "On a bright note," the Fed describes construction companies in Texas as "acting orderly and pragmatically, just waiting for things to bottom out" and "not behaving in a panic mode...
...hard to imagine the ECB pushing the quantitative easing boat as far into uncharted waters as the Fed has already done," said David Mackie, head of Western European economic research at JP Morgan, in a note to clients...
...Puns I note that Peter Baron, the inventor of the straw that adds flavor to a drink, was forced to call it the Sippahh because his original name, Suckahh, did not go down well in the U.S. [Nov. 24]. It occurs to me that as an Australian, he was probably keen to call his new straw, containing friendly bacteria, the Buggahh. D.C. Cardwell, Langwarrin, Victoria
...real Barack Obama deserves note, but it was the virtual i-Obama who so dramatically transformed the future of politics. With millions of online donors and millions of virtual phone bankers downloading call lists of voters in targeted states, and with the YouTube videos, watched by millions, that defined critical campaign moments, i-Obama is my choice...
...says Rachel M. Singh ’10, the co-director of Suffolk County House of Correction Tutoring Program. The Suffolk tutoring program, which largely focuses on providing support for the facility’s GED classes, is not without its challenges. Both Singh and Bonsey note the prison’s oppressive regulation of their interactions with the prisoners they tutor, such as prohibitions on contact with prisoners after release and sharing personal information. Getting inmates to focus can also be a challenge, given the prison’s bureaucracy and the amount of material to cover, and several...