Word: fallout
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fair” competition. Such standards, however, impede competition. The free market allows companies that provide better goods at cheaper prices to make greater profits. If foreign competitors slap arbitrary standards on them that raise their costs, then competition stumbles, prices rise, and Americans suffer the fallout. It’ll also be curious to see how Obama tries to strong-arm our two largest export markets into blunting their competitive edge, especially after he’s pledged to meet some of the world’s worst dictators without preconditions. Obama isn’t all talk...
...SOCIAL FALLOUT After remaining almost stagnant for a decade, inflation has reached at least 6.5% in Saudi Arabia. Protests and riots have ensued in some nations...
...Norphel found his state funds cut in 2006 as part of the fallout from an unrelated political dispute between government officials and Ladakh's notoriously crowded field of NGOs. Still, the quixotic Ice Man remains determined to prove the power of his invention. His biggest and most successful glacier is also the most remote, meaning that few officials are willing to make the seven-mile hike to see it. One nearer to town has been reduced to a series of dirt pits from neglect and a major flood. Unperturbed, Norphel sees this as a chance to rebuild the perfect showpiece...
Instead of being a story about McCain screwing the proverbial pooch, though, much of the article’s same-day fallout seems to have been directed at its publisher. In its infinite wisdom the Times ran the piece bookended with the nebulous claims that the candidate had had an affair with a lobbyist; both supposed parties denied these claims, though. What’s more, these allegations were the only new information in the story...
These security concerns - real and perceived - are the chief obstacle to the NGOs coming back. "We are still dealing with the fallout of 2003," says Guy Siri, a humanitarian coordinator with the U.N.'s mission in Iraq, referring to the bombing of the U.N. headquarters that claimed 22 lives, including the U.N. Secretary General's special representative to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. The following month, the U.N. withdrew from Iraq, returning only in August of 2004 in very small numbers...