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Worse because of the embarrassing manner in which defeat was wrought. Sure, the loss of the first-string quarterback, the limited multi flex that had to pass for an offense as a result and what is becoming to feel like the weekly Saturday rain all contributed to the debacle. The turnovers and porous performance of the offensive line didn't exactly help, either...
...acquisition is richer in history than profit. Founded as a high-class men's magazine by Gingrich and two partners, Esquire has been a clever and richly wrought showcase for most major writers of the century, from Thomas Wolfe to Tom Wolfe. But with the rise of raunchier men's books (Hugh Hefner dreamed up Playboy after leaving a $60 a week Esquire promotion-writing job in 1952), and uncertainty about what Esquire's voice should be (the monthly has had four editors in as many years), advertising and circulation have dwindled. Over the past two fiscal...
Already the obstinate drought has wrought profound changes in the lives of residents of the still-seared areas. The cost to Colorado's agricultural industry has risen to more than $300 million, and many towns have introduced water rationing. Denver officials have rigidly restricted lawn watering to three hours every third day by threatening violators with fines. Water consumption in June and July dropped 28% from a prior five-year average for the same period. Typically, Denver Lawyer Tim Segar says he and his wife spurn dinner parties because it is their sprinkler night: "Friends also...
...great goal is the same as doing something about it. Is Carter simply an idealist, applying Southern Baptist religiosity and New World populism to the complexities of diplomacy? Or is he shrewd, even Machiavellian, bobbing here and weaving there in order to camouflage his pursuit of some well-wrought global goals? Or is he, perhaps, merely inexperienced and naive...
Jorgenson, 44, argues that the explosive rise in world oil prices has wrought a fundamental change in the U.S. economy-one that bodes well for jobs but holds out dim long-term prospects for curbing inflation or boosting growth. Traditionally, says Jorgenson, businessmen faced with investment decisions have chosen to emphasize spending on machines and other capital equipment over manpower because capital was always 1) cheaper to use than labor and 2) more productive. But machinery burns energy, and thus the quadrupling of oil prices by OPEC since 1973 has sent the cost of using capital through the roof, while...