Word: errantly
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...emergency lender to countries suffering from economic shocks, such as sudden currency devaluation. During the Asian crisis, the IMF loaned billions of dollars to countries including Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea, where years of excessive borrowing and frenzied investment by a financially overstretched private sector (abetted by errant government policies) led to sharp economic reversals. While IMF intervention helped put those countries on the road to recovery, it was not without controversy. For example, the IMF initially urged governments to cut spending, but quickly reversed itself when it saw this would further slow damaged economies. The prevailing Asian view then...
Three thousand miles away at Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center, approximately 300 people watched a digital lobster celebrate Anna Kournikova’s errant baseline shot...
...months Gaza militants have fired homemade rockets at Israeli towns, usually missing but causing some injuries and great misery, and drawing Israeli artillery barrages in response. Tensions escalated early last month after seven members of a Palestinian family died in a Gaza beach explosion, which Palestinians blamed on an errant Israeli artillery shell. (Israel denied responsibility.) That prompted Hamas leaders to renounce a 16-month-old cease-fire with Israel, giving an array of Palestinian guerrilla groups the green light to stage a high-profile attack...
...forget” to check my mail; if my laptop’s charger isn’t nearby, that’s often reason enough to take a stroll instead of peruse my inbox. And while I’m often embarrassed by my errant behavior, as it has become the enduring joke from my friends, there are times where by foolishnesses has become my escape. Irresponsibility has allowed me to disconnect, and I am all the more happy for it. It’s difficult to imagine life at Harvard without the Internet, cell phones, e-mail, instant...
...frenzied first half. The Crimson quickly got on the scoreboard, tallying two goals in the first 9:29 of the game to take a 2-0 lead. Junior Greg Cohen notched the first goal of the game with a diving shot of the crease. Widbin smoothly picked off an errant Bears pass and tucked a shot into an empty net to put Harvard. Brown quickly responded, however, and scored three straight to go up 3-2. Just 10 seconds later, Cohen notched his second goal of the evening to tie the score at three...