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The thrust of Krugman's piece is the irony that stocks have kept rising, just as Glassman predicted, so that "the guy who had no idea what he was talking about gave what turned out to be good advice."
The Syria Times expressed some optimism, but the main thrust of Arab press comment was negative.
The Wall Street Journal 's lead feature focuses on a group of single mothers in a Maryland housing project who have been thrust by welfare reform into the workplace for the very first time.
But the general thrust of the WTO reporting is that with the discord outside the trade meeting pretty much subsiding, there was a chance to focus finally on the discord inside.