FROM THE EDITORS February 15, 2010 Issue

RENAMING THE UNEMPLOYMENT PICTURE

THERE'S A DIVINE LAW—A SCIENCE—THAT DISCLOSES IN EACH ONE OF US THE CAPACITY TO ACHIEVE MEASURELESS GOOD.

WHILE THE NUMBERS send a mixed message, the reasons for hope are real. The overall unemployment rate in the US has dropped slightly. Recently it edged down to a still-high 10 percent. Consumer sentiment is slowly creeping into positive territory. Lines at unemployment offices remain long, but are no longer growing at the pace they once did. So, while the challenges facing the average American job seeker still loom as formidably as a Mount Whitney, there are reasons to believe he/she will reach the summit and find work.

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