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...vigil on Tuesday, Cornell University President Hunter R. Rawlings III said, “In spite of these tragedies today, we will continue to keep the university open and we will pursue our work as an academic community. We will not give in to terrorist actions or threats...
...most gloriously complex, possibly the most impossible, a mathematical miracle, as perfect as watchworks and as big as Pittsburgh, among hundreds one Dumas plot persists as the most ingenious tall story ever perpetrated by the mind of man, God's vengeance on radio scriptwriters, and your indestructible delight in spite of us. Here then is a humble 57 mins.' worth of 'The Count of Monte Cristo...
...dissenter. His current campaign finances aren't an accurate predictor of his political future; if Helms seeks a sixth term, the cash will pour in from devoted conservatives all over the country faster than you can say "North Carolina barbecue." Helms could announce he's running again just to spite Ted Kennedy, The New York Times and The Raleigh News and Observer - all three of which he holds in equal contempt for their liberal views...
...housing went up, prices followed - according to the National Association of Realtors, the price of homes in metropolitan areas is up 10 percent so far this year, compared to 3.9 percent in the ?80s and ?90s - and suddenly everybody with a roof over their head felt richer in spite of some rather nasty portfolio problems...
...enough for that. But the last upwardly-mobile source of consumer wealth to survive this slowdown is definitely under siege. Because those bond traders have lately become convinced that the economy is bottomed out, long-term interest rates have crept back up and brought mortgage rates with them, in spite of the Fed chairman?s rate-slashing leadership from the short-term side. And if refinancing slows down demand, home prices - especially at their present giddy heights - could drop like a brick. Bye bye, boom...