Word: mild
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...debate returned to Obama. The turning point was when McCain finally brought up the issue of Obama's ties to former anti-Vietnam War terrorist William Ayers. All McCain accomplished was to swing the spotlight away from himself back to the engaging newcomer. Predictably, Obama had a mild answer ready - as straightforward and uncontroversial as it was soothing. Was it entirely candid? Who asks that of Cary Grant...
...HervéGoulletquer, head of fixed income markets for French Investment Bank Calyon Crédit Agricole. "Growth in emerging markets next year had been expected to mitigate zero-growth anticipated in Europe and the U.S. After all that's happened, no one can say: this could be a mild slowing, or it could be severe...
...seventh day, the market rested. After five days of tumult that added up to the worst week in stock-market history, and a sixth day that saw the biggest point gain ever, the Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finished down 76.6 points, or 0.8%, an extremely mild loss considering the rollercoaster ride of recent days. The S&P 500, a broader measure of the stock market, finished down 0.5%, and the NASDAQ lost...
...Anyone who doubts that the U.S. is heading for recession is living in denial. On an annualized basis, real retail sales and industrial production are both declining. Unemployment is already at its highest level in five years. The question is whether we're headed for a short, relatively mild recession like that of 2001 - or a latter-day version of what the world went through in the 1930s: Depression...
...Mental-health professionals "are fascinated with what we're doing and excited to see the change in patients," says Dr. Gavin Andrews, who heads the St. Vincent's clinic. About 500 people have taken part in its trials of e-therapy for panic disorder, mild depression and social phobia, and "we are amazed by the results," he says. "Over the Web, we can produce exactly the same benefit as in our clinic, with a quarter of the staff time. We are curing people we never see." Andrews, who's also Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales...