Word: equilibriums
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...second movement of the piece was expertly done. Alternately frenetic, witty, and warm, it was the highlight of the evening. All three musicians formed a delicate equilibrium from which the many tiny phrases issued forth...
...doing my damndest before I leave office toreach some equilibrium between revenues andexpenses," Dukakis said. "We're going to have somepainful cuts over the next few days," he added...
...moment, an uneasy equilibrium was reached. By most accounts, the U.S. had pumped sufficient firepower into Saudi Arabia to deter an Iraqi attack but not enough to retake Kuwait by force. The interim was giving both sides time to work out just what they were willing to fight or settle for. For the U.S., the choice was between defusing the immediate crisis -- either by waiting for the sanctions to work or by accepting some kind of a settlement -- or getting rid of the menace in Baghdad once and for all. For Saddam, the question was whether to retreat now with...
...company's emphasis on environment reflects MacCready's most passionate concern. "My goal," he says, "is to have mankind reach a comfortable accommodation with the flora, fauna and resources of the earth. And that requires equilibrium after a while, not population increase, not consumption of irreplaceable resources, and certainly not wiping out all the flora and fauna as we are now doing...
...martial metaphors and atmosphere of antagonism are perhaps inevitable in any situation in which interest is set against interest. But they are not appropriate to the present state of transatlantic trade, which is one of near equilibrium moving toward a modest U.S. export surplus. As recently as 1987, in the aftermath of the overvalued dollar, the U.S. ran a large deficit in trade with the Community, but once the dollar came back to earth, that deficit dwindled, just as the experts said it would. Today the E.C. is no longer a factor contributing to the U.S. trade deficit...