Congress has just decided to send the titans of the auto industry back home with empty hands and a big homework assignment - come up with a business plan to get the big three, Chrysler, Ford, and GM, back in the black.

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He organized the extra throwing sessions Coughlin would have (if a labor agreement had allowed) at Hoboken High School and on Duke's campus and he left no hands empty, even eventual practice squad player Danny DePalma's, who "became" Wes Welker these last two weeks.

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He is a starchy, somewhat aloof figure, ridiculed in his previous campaign for strolling disconsolately through empty supermarket aisles looking for hands to shake.

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Founded in 1898, the distillery changed hands several times and was empty for many years until 1993, when malt whisky specialists Gordon and MacPhail restored it and the Prince of Wales officially reopened the distillery in its centenary year.

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So whether you see the blossoms or the vomit, a half full cup of sake or a half empty can of beer, the future of Japan is in the hands of the Japanese, not the New Economy gurus we read about in TIME, Newsweek and Fortune.

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