Word: avert
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Britain last week and is set for a limited U.S. release next month. This is no jaunty jailhouse flick, but rather the most uncomfortable 96 minutes anyone is likely to spend in a cinema this year. Graphic violence, emaciated bodies and stomach-churning filth provide most of the avert-your-eyes moments...
...haven for wealthy individuals from less stable countries like Iran and Pakistan. What's more, Dubai's property sector is dominated by a handful of companies--collectively dubbed Dubai Inc.--that are directly or indirectly owned and controlled by the government. Some argue that Dubai's authorities could thus avert a bubble burst by keeping finished projects off-line until conditions improve. Also, in the event of a systemic threat, Dubai can probably rely on superrich Abu Dhabi for a bailout...
...woman named Kathy Frankovic appearing on CBS Tuesday evening, you might want to avert your eyes. As director of surveys at CBS News, Frankovic is the executive most responsible for declaring the network's projected winner of the presidential election. And if she gets in front of the camera, it probably means that something has gone very, very wrong. Like a Super Bowl referee, she's perfectly anonymous if she does her job right, a name in the news only if she blows the call. "We have a quite lovely studio, right near the anchor's desk," Frankovic says...
...throwing money at the economy's problems is not without risk, and it will be interesting to see whether the Fed is able to react quickly enough in the other direction when the economy finally takes a turn for the better, and avert the inflationary spiral that Bernanke's critics have been warning about all along...
...century successor, Gordon Brown. Just weeks ago the British Prime Minister looked fist-clenchingly impotent as insurrection bubbled in Labour's ranks and his Conservative opponents thumbed their noses from the safe distance of a 20-point poll advantage. Then came convulsions in the global economy. The scramble to avert meltdown drove Labour rebels into retreat, halved the Tory lead and granted Brown more than just a reprieve from domestic woes. As Congress bickered over the U.S. bailout and European leaders vacillated between a unified response and defending national interests, the old, beaten Brown shuffled off stage. Into the limelight...