Word: pointing
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Just as Goldin has not limited her scholarly attention to the exact same field over the years, she says she has not limited her perspective to any specific ideology. She says that she is "out to learn," rather than "out to make a point." She cites as an example her dissertation, in which she challenged a widely accepted notion that slavery and industrialization are incompatible...
QUINCY, MA--Standing across the street from St. Joseph's Church in Quincy Point, ten-year-old Elizabeth Mancuso was confused about her favorite music group--New Kids on the Block...
...become self-fulfilling prophecies. Big oil-price increases act like a stiff tax increase, pulling money out of consumers' pockets and reducing their ability to buy other products. A rule of thumb is that an annual increase of $8 per bbl. in oil prices reduces economic growth 1 percentage point a year. But petroleum has already risen more than that, and subtracting a point from growth leaves almost nothing. So if prices stay put, says a Bush Administration official, "growth is going to be a giant goose egg for the year. A big fat zero...
POLITICAL. The extent of potential anti-American outrage in the Arab world if war comes is a source of fierce debate. Western and some Middle Eastern analysts point to the success the U.S. has had so far in isolating Iraq. Anti- American demonstrations have occurred in six Arab states, but Egypt, Syria and Morocco have sent troops to help the U.S. and its European allies confront Saddam. Optimistic analysts expect that, at least if war comes as a result of a clear Iraqi provocation and the U.S. wins quickly, the Arab world will go with the winner and see Saddam...
Resilient couples have learned to find some advantages in their constant separations. Many speak of having more time for work, friends and hobbies; others point to their newfound self-sufficiency. Shelly London, 38, an AT&T district manager of public relations in Atlanta, and Larry Kanter, 38, a radio news anchor in the same city, find that incompatible hours help keep the romance in their relationship. "We're sort of always newlyweds," London says. "We're real jealous of our time on weekends...