Articles for tag: Augusta Ga, Carmel by the Sea, Rust Belt, The Economist

Housing Markets: Cheapest and Most Expensive Cities to Buy a Home

Well, it’s official: the American housing market is once again attractive to investors. Hedge funds and investment banks are sniffing around U.S. mortgages of late and buying up foreclosed homes by the thousands. The Economist even reports that the administrators for the now-defunct Lehman Brothers finally unloaded one of the company’s portfolios of apartments for ...

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3 Great River Cruises in the U.S

River cruising is a great way to combine the ease and luxury of cruising with visits to smaller inland destinations. While many travelers may be familiar with European river cruises along the waterways in France or Germany, there are many river cruises that sail along waterways here in the United States. Blount Small Ship Adventures ...

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Election of 1972: The Nixon Landslide

Candidates: Republican Party: Richard Nixon (California) and Spiro Agnew (Maryland) Democratic Party: George McGovern (South Dakota) and Sargent Shriver (Maryland) Election Results: Nixon/Agnew: 520 electoral votes, 47.1 million popular votes McGovern/Shriver: 17 electoral votes, 29.1 million popular votes Summary: The first Nixon Administration approached the work of the government from a more liberal perspective than ...