Word: mereness
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...always happens when bubbles occur, naive neophytes, overconfident speculators and overleveraged money managers all leaned together on one side of the investment boat. When the boat became totally imbalanced it was enough for only a small wave-initially, the mere rumor of regulatory changes designed to cool China's stock fever-to sink the ship. On Feb. 27, China's main stock index fell 8.8%. Because of the huge leverage and increased computer trading that characterize modern finance, this sell-off triggered sharp declines in other markets from Russia to Malaysia, Japan...
...that a nascent private gallery like the Pierre Menard Gallery, at 10 Arrow St., would hold an extensive collection of his work. Yet the gallery’s exhibition of 84 of Clergue’s prints, on display through March 15, is notable for reasons other than its mere existence. The massive assembly at once reinforces and threatens Clergue’s photographs. Though the show includes works from many periods of Clergue’s acclaimed oeuvre, its emphasis is squarely on female nudes. In these photographs, Clergue plays alchemist with seemingly endless permutations of his preferred elements?...
...Mere weeks after making unprecedented strides in a midterm election, the Democratic Party morphed into an “in it to win it” race for the White House. How about the race to properly control the Senate or Congress? I know I should blame the dozens of politicians who have thrown in their hat toward a White House bid, but the madness has permeated our campus...
...thanks to Sanino that the Atmosphere is so ecosavvy. He sent back the six jet boats used for fishing to have silencers fitted, and ordered a smaller propeller for the Navy SEALs-issue rubber rib boat and a quieter helicopter. To many though, the mere presence of a helicopter in Patagonia amounts to a green sin. Ergas' response? He quotes the late Australian wildlife expert Steve Irwin: "'My responsibility is to show people nature, because then they will fall in love with it. And only if you love something will you try to protect it.' In years to come, when...
Instead of reverting back to the same, tired rhetoric that conservatives can shove aside with the mere mention of the word “PC”—a most economical of epithets—why not call it like it is? Say Coulter is crazy. Say that no one thought her comments were appropriate, that no one takes her seriously, and, most importantly, that we don’t take her seriously...