Word: limits
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...course, an attractive model, we must remember that it was successful because the banks were successfully reprivatized. We must make sure that, if we do nationalize the banks, we minimize the barriers for the private sector to buy healthy bank assets in the future. Also, we must limit this approach to the banking sector. Not all companies should receive this special treatment—in the automotive sector, for instance, we must strongly consider allowing firms to fail if they cannot compete in the open market...
...West End’s elevated train. Lacking the funds to block off the street or film the chase on a closed set, Friedkin had simply sat in the passenger’s seat with his camera pointed forward and taunted the driver until he tripled the speed limit. “We went 26 blocks at 90 miles an hour with no clearances, no permissions—went in the wrong lane, went right against cross traffic, and nearly hit it. It’s something, I swear to you ladies and gentlemen,” Friedkin said, smiling...
Vice President Biden attempted to define middle-class Americans as people who would find it difficult to miss more than two paychecks, and he wasn't far off; with wage increases failing to keep pace with inflation, about 21% of middle-class Americans have spent themselves to the limit. Personal bankruptcies rose by a third last year and mortgage defaults - well, they're moving beyond subprime borrowers and hitting those with previously high credit scores. On Feb. 27, Biden and eight members of his task force, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will meet...
...also pushing a $14.7 billion program of infrastructure projects through the legislature, which includes funding for construction of better bridges and more subways. Singapore in January announced a $13.4 billion "Resilience Package" that will increase the country's budget deficit to a record level. Yet there is a limit to what governments can do. Exports are simply too important to the tiger economies to be easily replaced. They represented 74% of Taiwan's GDP and 46% of South Korea's in 2007. "You can't change the [export] model," laments Song Seng Wun, an economist at CIMB-GK Research...
...teaching. He says that developing a personal connection with students can help to prevent students from feeling overwhelmed in large lectures. “I think these courses are very hard—the typical student works very hard. They are stressed and oftentimes pushed to the limit. It can be difficult for students to feel comfortable asking questions, and engaging in discussion,” Knill said. “I stripped once for a demonstration,” he said. “I think it relaxes everyone. I think they appreciate...