Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
State sales tax figures show that consumer spending grew throughout most of the Capital Region for the first three quarters of 2008, despite record high gasoline prices, food price inflation and looming troubles on Wall Street....
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