Word: minoring
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...informal and unenforceable pledge to buy more U.S. car parts--not to be imported by Japan but to be built into the cars they assemble in America. That is exactly the sort of arrangement the White House insists it will no longer accept. And if it does swallow some minor compromise out of fear of the very real disasters of a true trade war, that may only stiffen its resolve to hang tougher next time around...
Does that mean a trade war this summer? Probably not. The reasons are reminiscent, in a minor key, of why war gamers always thought the U.S. and the Soviet Union would not get into a deliberate nuclear exchange: the consequences would be too awful to contemplate. The Japanese could shut down the U.S. auto industry, which is dependent on some Japanese parts like alternators. By dumping the U.S. Treasury bonds they have bought heavily, the Japanese could also drive up American interest rates disastrously. The U.S., by clamping down hard on the $119 billion of Japanese exports it buys every...
...better on Sherwin's word-pair memory tests during the luteal phase of their cycle, when estrogen and progesterone levels are high, than during menstruation, when hormone levels are low. This doesn't mean women are less competent late in their cycles, says Sherwin; the changes are too minor "to have any real effect in the real world." Still, there is little doubt that the foggy forgetfulness that envelops some women as they approach menopause is a direct result of low estrogen. The fog generally lifts on its own, but hormone therapy can bring an almost instant break...
...personal note here: a minor reason for the imaginary Powers' revulsion is that Lentz and several colleagues cackle mercilessly over a newsmagazine's qualified praise for Operation Wandering Soul, the real and fictional author's fourth novel. This modified rapture (written in real life by this reviewer) pomposifies: "a prodigiously talented manufacturer of literary astonishments, which is not exactly the same as being a good writer, though he is that...
These inconsistencies are minor, however, anddo not detract from the educational value orengaging charm of the work. The book remainsthought-provoking and highly readable...