American Moxie: How We Get By http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97882808&ft=1&f=97882808 During the Great Depression, writer Damon Runyan coined American slang from the name of a soda pop touted to "build up your nerve." The word was "moxie" — and since then it's come to mean everything from pluck and savvy to courage. NPR's Ketzel Levine introduces you to Americans with moxie during these tough economic times. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:38:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/thumbnail/npr_generic_image_75.jpg American Moxie: How We Get By http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97882808&ft=1&f=97882808 yes Gritting It Out Amid The Dirt In Chicago The city's Millennium Park is a living reminder of the tough challenges that popped up along the way for Christy Webber's landscaping firm. Now she and one of her employees are both hoping to weather the economic crisis. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:38:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98591249&ft=1&f=97882808 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98591249&ft=1&f=97882808 The city's Millennium Park is a living reminder of the tough challenges that popped up along the way for Christy Webber's landscaping firm. Now she and one of her employees are both hoping to weather the economic crisis. 0 no The city's Millennium Park is a living reminder of the tough challenges that popped up along the way for Christy Webber's landscaping firm. Now she and one of her employees are both hoping to weather the economic crisis.

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]]> Days Of Easy Growth Over, A Business Adapts It's understandable that landscaper Christy Webber's partner would call her the Golden Goose. After all, she often sees opportunities before anyone else. Her biggest work project was on Chicago's Millennium Park. But now, her task is to realign her business so it can survive a slowdown. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:36:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98533947&ft=1&f=97882808 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98533947&ft=1&f=97882808 It's understandable that landscaper Christy Webber's partner would call her the Golden Goose. After all, she often sees opportunities before anyone else. Her biggest work project was on Chicago's Millennium Park. But now, her task is to realign her business so it can survive a slowdown. 0 no It's understandable that landscaper Christy Webber's partner would call her the Golden Goose. After all, she often sees opportunities before anyone else. Her biggest work project was on Chicago's Millennium Park. But now, her task is to realign her business so it can survive a slowdown.

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]]> Eighteen-Wheelers And A Health Insurance Crunch In Flora, Ill., Huck's convenient store is where lives intersect. Sandy Higgs works the counter there, and she also has a job maintaining big rigs to make ends meet. Neither she nor one of the company's truckers get health insurance from the job — and each faces a looming crisis. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:10:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97859276&ft=1&f=97882808 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97859276&ft=1&f=97882808 In Flora, Ill., Huck's convenient store is where lives intersect. Sandy Higgs works the counter there, and she also has a job maintaining big rigs to make ends meet. Neither she nor one of the company's truckers get health insurance from the job — and each faces a looming crisis. 0 no In Flora, Ill., Huck's convenient store is where lives intersect. Sandy Higgs works the counter there, and she also has a job maintaining big rigs to make ends meet. Neither she nor one of the company's truckers get health insurance from the job — and each faces a looming crisis.

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]]> Illinois Farmer Faces A Hard Choice That Cuts Deep The costs of raising cattle have gone up in recent years — but the price of cattle has not kept pace. That has put farmer Dave Burt in a bad position in southern Illinois. He says farming expenses are now "so staggeringly high, it's frightening." Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:08:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97749721&ft=1&f=97882808 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97749721&ft=1&f=97882808 The costs of raising cattle have gone up in recent years — but the price of cattle has not kept pace. That has put farmer Dave Burt in a bad position in southern Illinois. He says farming expenses are now "so staggeringly high, it's frightening." 0 no The costs of raising cattle have gone up in recent years — but the price of cattle has not kept pace. That has put farmer Dave Burt in a bad position in southern Illinois. He says farming expenses are now "so staggeringly high, it's frightening."

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