Word: obvious
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...isolated economy became much bigger and deeply integrated into global commerce - making it more exposed to the business cycles of its big trading partners like the U.S. "The huge elephant in the China shop is the slowing global economy," says Merrill Lynch Asia economist T.J. Bond, who cites an obvious reason: China's manufacturing sector, which accounts for 43% of China's GDP, depends heavily upon sales to the West. Some 40% of China's exports go to the U.S. and Europe, and with potentially deep recessions setting in there, economists are slashing the country's trade projections. Bond estimates...
...obvious why the economy is trumping race? Even racists worry first about their jobs and mortgages. But more seriously, are TIME and the rest of the media creating an issue that doesn't really exist? Barack Obama has proved his ability to reach out to a broad spectrum of U.S. voters. He didn't win the Democratic nomination on the votes of people of color alone. Lenny Bernstein, ASHEVILLE...
Recessions make their presence felt in myriad ways. Aside from the obvious fiscal consequences, the prospect of a global economic downturn also induces subtle, yet profound, psychological changes. Researchers have found that in hard times people prefer models who look mature—probably because evolutionary instincts compel them to search for a capable provider—while slow, contemplative tunes like “That’s What Friends Are For” are favored over more upbeat melodies...
...failure to reach it all the more disappointing. With two more novels left in the trilogy, there is hope that Ghosh’s Ibis will transcend its pages and join the company of Melville’s Pequod and Conrad’s Nellie, its obvious ancestors. Perhaps, as is the case within the novel, the novel itself is merely prelude to great things yet to come. —Staff writer Jillian J. Goodman can be reached at jjgoodm@fas.harvard.edu...
...surpassed the figure this year, with 10% of its admissions made up of children of immigrant parents - Nigerian, Polish, Dutch, Ghanaian and Spanish among them. Initially, says principal Dónal O hAiniféin, the school was not an obvious choice for immigrants, but as their communities put down roots, "They tell me, 'My child is Irish, I'd like him or her to be fluent in the Irish language.'" Schools around Ennis are now discussing raising the required minority admission rate...