Word: omens
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...headquarters, a notice was circulated to Chinese news websites, media outlets, and blogs telling moderators to stop reporting on the fire. The government allowed no more posts, no more news, no more photos, hoping to contain what they saw as a tragedy and perhaps a threatening omen...
...would make him more dispensable." She says she will probably skip her annual overseas holiday this year out of fear she'll be replaced. "People used to complain about the long work hours," says Hsinchu psychiatrist Dr. Chen Sung-Wei. "Now they fear that forced vacation days are an omen of worse days to come." Hsinchu psychiatrists like Chen say they've seen their patient rolls rise 20% recently because of the strain that workers are suffering...
...police checkpoints to serve as reminders that the two countries are not much closer to resolving their differences over Kashmir. "We were quite happy to have another market for our produce," says Bashir Ahmed Bashir, president of the Kashmir Fruit Growers and Dealers Association. "It was a good omen. But sadly, Kashmir is again in the news for the wrong reasons." (See pictures of Mumbai sifting through the rubble...
...global slump hasn't been the only bad omen for the launch of the Atlantis in Dubai. Only weeks before the resort welcomed its first paying guests with a soft opening in September, a fire caused by welders engulfed the hotel's lobby. That produced a public-relations nightmare of flames and smoke billowing from the site aspiring to become Dubai's next icon. Workmen managed to repair most of the damage in time, but then the Atlantis was hit by "Free Sammy" campaigners demanding the release from the aquarium of a 13 ft.-long whale shark on the grounds...
...those seeking more intangible signs, the mood outside the exchange could be an omen that some investors are still hanging in. The tourists there certainly had no idea what was up or what was down. Swiss tourists Luca Barmettler and Hodel Ramona, on holiday for the past week, were curious when asked about recent market volatility. They asked if the U.S.'s $700 billion bailout plan had passed. When told it had, Luca was almost Zenlike about the future. Good things take time, he said. "Everything bad happens fast." If the tourists are indicators, Wall Street symbols, at least, appear...