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...forecasters believe a "double-dip" recession is in the cards. Many expect an economic-growth rate of 3% to 4% later this year. That's a solid and sustainable pace, though hardly the coiled spring that the unemployed, in particular, would like to see. More than 2 million jobs have been lost since Bush took office, and rapid job regeneration is unlikely without a bigger initial rebound--in the 5%-to-6% range--for at least a couple of quarters. To be sure, the road to even a moderate recovery won't be smooth. We're still working...
...party. "Daschle has made his office the center for the Democratic Party message," says a party operative. Even more important, Senate Democratic fund raising for the first quarter rose nearly 89% above the same period two years ago and, to the surprise of almost everyone, nearly kept pace with the G.O.P. effort. Daschle is getting much of the credit. --By Douglas Waller and Karen Tumulty
...Larry Brilliant, who had been doing a little consulting for Intel. Brilliant knew the benefits and pitfalls of Wi-Fi, and he was accustomed to working with start-ups. (In the years since the Well, Brilliant had created 14 networks including his own failed Wi-Fi company, AirZone.) The pace of the discussion frustrated him. "It was harder to negotiate a treaty between these three elephants than between India and Pakistan," he says. Brilliant should know. He once brokered a subcontinental smallpox treaty in six weeks. Talks among Project Rainbow's founders over the nondisclosure agreement alone dragged...
Although Harvard’s first varsity has won each of its races convincingly, it hasn’t been slackening its pace upon finding victory well in hand...
...boat clocked in at 8:02.1, and the ‘B’ squad came in about seven seconds later. Radcliffe was a full eight and a half seconds off the ‘B’ boat’s pace, finishing in 8:16.9, which was still well ahead of fourth-place finisher...