Aug 22nd, 2008 · The NewYork-based Conference Board says its monthly measurement of future economic activity showed its largest decline in a year. The private organization pointed to lower building permits, a faltering stock market, high unemployment claims, a tight money supply, and falling orders for consumer goods. Mark Vitner of Wachovia Corporation called the situation "economic purgatory" ... "stuck somewhere between sluggish growth and recession."
Keywords: world · organization · economic · Business · money · private · Consumers · unemployment · Measuring · pessimism · sluggish · Purgatory
Jul 9th, 2008 · In a new book of fiction by Jonathan Miles, the narrator whiles away his nightmare of a layover by penning a blistering screed to the airline that has him stuck in a personal version of purgatory.
Keywords: Americans · fictional · Airlines · novel · nightmare · narrator · blistering · screed · Purgatory · layover · Jonathan Miles
Sep 1st, 2006 · Polygamy prophet Warren Jeffs will be housed in a correctional facility named Purgatory. It turns out that, but for a quirk of history, it could have easily been named Hell.
Keywords: prophet · history · Hell · Polygamist · correct · Warren Jeffs · Purgatory · Polygamy
