Word: perfective
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...think"). Some women might shrink from this fame tsunami; Fawcett expertly surfed it as if it were a Great Barrier Reef wave. Her talent, after all, was her ease in being watched, something she'd had much practice at. Her self-regard, which was well earned, found its perfect match in America's voyeurism...
...that the measure is too weak. When Waxman announced the agreement in a press conference Wednesday, about 30 supporters wearing T shirts and carrying placards that read MAKE OUR ENERGY CLEAN, MAKE IT AMERICAN stood behind him. Still, the support of their groups remains tenuous. "It's not a perfect bill and we're concerned that the Senate might weaken the near-term emissions reduction caps," said Brenda Ekwurzel, a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, holding a placard behind Waxman. "We'd look at that closely before giving our final support...
...limit to how long you can hold your breath," says Felix. "Things are beginning to ease up a bit. Companies are taking a hard look at the quality of their management and coming to the conclusion that not everyone there is up to the task." (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession -- and after...
...recent days, 10 top banks have begun to repay some $68 billion in TARP funds. According to Warren, knowing exactly what happened to money spent under TARP is less important than simply keeping the pressure on. "We certainly haven't achieved perfect transparency," she says...
...willing to follow his advice in 1930 or '31 (which essentially amounted to "Print more money"), the Great Depression might not have been so great. For the past two years, the Federal Reserve has been working right out of the Fisher playbook, and while the results haven't been perfect, they've been a lot better than those of the early 1930s. The economics that Fisher espoused--reborn after his death in 1947--should not be discarded. But clearly, there are some issues with...