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The Booming Exurbs |
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| For decades, American professionals have been struggling with a trade-off. To advance their careers, they typically work in big cities, where corporations are headquartered and jobs are plentiful. However, to enjoy a high quality of life, they live in the suburbs, where the houses are large, the yards are big, and the neighbors are friendly. |
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Just What the Doctor |
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| A quick glance at some of the major pharmaceutical companies will show that many of their stocks have tanked recently. Concerns about safety issues, and the fear that the Food and Drug Administration may not be doing its job, have set off a wave of selling that is apt to continue for some time. |
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It"s the Values |
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| In recent years, Americans have been battered by Bill Clinton��셲 sex scandal, the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the corporate excesses of Enron, Disney, and WorldCom. |
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湲�濡쒕쾶 湲곗뾽媛� �젙�떊�쓣 諛쒗쐶�븯�씪 |
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| �쟾 �꽭怨� �씤援ъ쓽 �옞�옱�꽦�쓣 理쒕���븳 �솢�슜�븯�젮硫� 臾댁뾿�씠 �븘�슂�븷源�? �꽑吏꾧뎅�쓽 �꽑�룄�쟻�씤 �뿭�븷? 寃쎄린 遺��뼇梨낆쓽 �꽭怨꾩쟻 �삊�젰? �븘�땲�떎. �쟾 �꽭怨꾩뿉�뒗 �븘吏곷룄 諛쒖쟾 媛��뒫�꽦�씠 �겙 吏��뿭怨� 援�媛��뱾濡� �꽆移쒕떎. �씠�뱾�씠 �븿猿� �꽦�옣�빐�빞留� �쟾 �꽭怨� �씤援ъ쓽 �옞�옱�꽦�쓣 �솢�슜�븷 �닔 �엳�떎. �뿬湲곗뿉�꽌 以묒슂�븳 �룞�젰�씠 諛붾줈 湲곗뾽媛� �젙�떊�씠�떎. |
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The U.S. Economy Kee |
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| When a natural disaster practically wipes a major city off the map ?at least temporarily ?it should be expected to have a catastrophic effect on a nation萸� economy. But although there was a Katrina-induced fourth-quarter lull, there is no question that the economy is once more surging. |
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