Word: obviously
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...most obvious way for a financial firm to end run the new government rules is to give its top money makers huge base salaries and move the compensation system almost totally away from one that depends on bonuses. Congress and the Administration won't like that. Count on any attempts to change pay packages to keep compensation high to be knocked down before they gather momentum...
...woes have an obvious cause: the public perception is that his administration has failed to come up with strong enough medicine to counteract the country's increasingly dire economic plight. The world's second-largest economy shrank at an alarming annualized rate of 12.7% last quarter, its worst quarterly contraction since the 1974 oil shock. Exports also fell an unprecedented 13.9%, while the unemployment rate shot up to 4.4% in December, reaching levels not seen since World War II. "There is no doubt that the economy is in its worst state in the postwar period," said Economic and Fiscal Policy...
...that Aso's comments made him "flabbergasted to the point that I want to laugh." Koizumi also expressed doubts about Aso's stimulus package and his ability to lead the LDP in upcoming parliamentary elections. Gerald Curtis, professor of political science at Columbia University, says there is an obvious rift in the LDP. Koizumi's attack on Aso was a way of "throwing down the gauntlet," he says...
...message of rejection into the clueless head of an unwanted suitor. At the same time, though, she cleverly unravels admissions of ways in which she’s led the poor guy on, making her repeated question “How on earth could I be any more obvious?” an ironic one. The song mocks immaturity on several levels and comes off as one of the strongest on the album.Allen’s confrontational candor makes several appearances on “It’s Not Me, It?...
...Indeed, much of Lieberman's support came from the most recent immigrants - the Russians, the Ethiopians, the refugees from Islamic persecution. For them, Lieberman's call for signed loyalty oaths by all Israelis, including Arabs, seemed an obvious requirement for citizenship. But there was also a cold fury among mainstream Israelis who had given Gaza back to the Palestinians only to find it ruled by Hamas, armed by Iran and lobbing missiles across the border on a daily basis. "We have to crush terror and eliminate Hamas," Lieberman said on election night, laying out his price for joining any coalition...