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...President would definitely increase the legitimacy of the Commission,'' says Crossick. "National governments are attacked all the time for mismanagement, and people accept it. But Brussels is seen as a foreign land. It is therefore an inviting target. That would change if there were elections.'' Well, more democracy might dampen some of the criticism, but as long as the Commission continues to make decisions that affect the lives of millions, Brussels will remain the place Europeans love to hate...
...Blur as sotong responses like mine won't dampen Wong's zeal for promoting good English. He dislikes Singlish because he thinks it's crude. "If my son came back from school and told my wife that she was talking cock," he says, "I would slap him." He would have to. Otherwise, how would Cambridge-educated Wong's son learn to jiat gentang...
...near the end of this long, grinding bear market, or can stocks still fall further? Answer: Forget the question, because market timing is almost always fruitless. Most of us are better off putting money into the market on a steady basis. Such "cost averaging" helps to dampen volatility, because you end up buying shares at a variety of prices, high and low. But the more important advantage is psychological. It's just human nature to buy into exciting stock-market rallies near the very end, and to sell in frustration at the bottom. A program of regular investing can help...
...this regulatory uncertainty hasn't been enough to dampen M&A enthusiasm. Last month Britain's electric and gas utilities announced a merger that would create a national powerhouse with the cash to make its own push into the U.S. National Grid Group, the monopoly electric carrier in England and Wales, and Lattice Group, which owns a British gas network, will form a company worth $21 billion...
...fact that Harvard has already finished above the other three teams in the Ivy standings won’t dampen the significance of winning the tournament...