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...That's where the focus of investors ought to be: not on bailouts or the economic stimulus package du jour, but on the economy itself. All over the world, indicators are flashing red. American consumer confidence and spending have plunged. China's Guangdong province, the boiler room of the global expansion earlier this decade, recently reported its economy in the first nine months of 2008 grew at the slowest pace in 15 years. Most of the G-7 economies have already experienced one quarter of negative growth and will likely experience a recession. Small emerging economies are under serious strain...
...Michael Scherer's article is full of good information and good reporting [Nov. 3]. In the future, perhaps it would be useful to do a companion article on what steps are being taken by states, counties, political campaigns and independent groups to mitigate some of these potential problems. That ought to include information on what a voter can do on the spot when a problem is encountered at a polling place. Are there officials who can be contacted in case of a problem? Are there people from each campaign standing by ready to help? Gail Goldey, Santa...
...their runs were actually passes by design,” Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens said. “We did get pressure on the quarterback…[Pizzotti] had some times where he got flushed and couldn’t find a place to go with the ball. They ought to appreciate the way that he played; he didn’t throw the ball in the air, didn’t panic, took the hit, was nifty, made some people miss. I’m not sure that running the ball was their intent either. It just turned...
...create a better improved election administration at a state level or with federal regulations and more federal effort,” Fung said. “We ought to try those things, but another strategy would be grassroots, bottom-up, citizen-based monitoring...
...repetitively screaming with varying degrees of despair, outrage, and panic for her son. Were Jolie an actress of lesser talent, “Changeling” might not be more than a slideshow of extreme human emotions. Nevertheless, close-ups of Jolie manage to make us feel what we ought to feel. In the glitter of her huge doe eyes we recognize the docility of a character who, at first, is neither radical nor rebel. When Carol Dexter (Amy Ryan), a prostitute imprisoned in the same mental asylum, tells Christine, “I had two abortions by back-alley...