Word: calmed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...somewhat pained editorial after the election, the Star Tribune urged citizens to be calm, legislators to be cooperative and the Governor-elect to mend his ways: "The scorn for government he voiced during the campaign was one part ideology, one part showmanship and several parts ignorance. He can't get away with the ignorance any longer...
...Bretton Woods, NH, that established the International Monetary Fund. But Maris also notes those same markets - whose boom years relied largely on minimalist regulation - should logically be freaking out at Sarkozy's calls to "moralize" finance and limit pay to the world's biggest earners. So why the calm...
...said.From the start of the piece, the orchestra played with more passion and clarity than they had shown during the first half. Zander took great liberties with the tempo, stretching the lyrical themes. The orchestra always had direction and variance; turbulent peaks of speed and activity collapsed to lush, calm melodic sections. The English horn was especially strong, playing a famous second movement theme with purity and nuance. Occasional cracks in the winds and brass did not take away from the overall sense of fun and energy throughout.While Zander’s remarks were sometimes long and hyperbolic?...
...doom and gloom, however. The UAE government has funneled $33 billion into the country's banking system to calm the nerves of depositors and investors, promising coverage to foreign as well as local institutions. If the credit crunch shakes out speculators, known as "flippers," from Dubai's real estate market, that could help stabilize wildly inflationary conditions. "I am not necessarily thinking we are in a crash scenario," EFG-Hermes managing director Hashem Montasser tells TIME. "There is still genuine demand. Economies here are still growing. Overall, the economic situation is still very sound. We will see a deceleration...
...situation on the ground in Iraq that determines the future of the U.S. military mission there. For one thing, the fragile calm in Iraq coincides with an increasingly perilous Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, raising pressure on the U.S. to divert more combat resources from its over-stretched military into that theater - an expanded military commitment favored by both John McCain and Barack Obama. Sending more troops to Afghanistan will require drawing down in Iraq...