Word: prolonging
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...Called John McCain a phony conservative during the 2008 Presidential campaign and promoted "Operation Chaos," in which Republicans would register as Democrats and vote for Hillary Clinton the primaries to prolong the Clinton-Obama infighting among liberals. (Read TIME's 2008 Q&A with Limbaugh about his feelings on John McCain...
...stimulus package that results in federal control over state-administered programs," said Barbour. Sanford, who on Monday night had to listen to Obama in his White House press conference take a swipe at dilapidated 19th century South Carolina school buildings, asserted last week that the stimulus will "serve to prolong and deepen this economic slowdown...
...Olmert wanted to prolong the Gaza war to do more damage to Hamas, in the hope of repairing his legacy that had been badly tarnished during Israel's botched 2006 war in Lebanon and by police allegations of corruption. Livni and Barak, both of whom are running for Olmert's job, wanted to end it earlier. But the two candidates differed on how to end it: Barak, a former general himself and ex-premier, argued that a cease-fire concluded with Hamas would be more durable. But Livni argued for a unilateral pullout from Gaza, having dealt the territory...
...next step is getting the Israelis to accept. Israeli officials say a bitter feud has erupted between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his Defense Minister Ehud Barak over how long to prolong the Gaza assault. Barak says he is ready for a truce, arguing that Hamas has suffered a punishing blow from the Israeli blitzkrieg and the next step - sending troops into Gaza City's crowded streets - could raise the casualty figures far higher among Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers. But Olmert wants to press on until Hamas' leadership and 15,OOO to 20,000 fighters are weakened even more...
From this anti-Depression policy has come a stream of costly policy errors that could ultimately prolong the current recession. The Fed's Dec. 16 decision to drop the target federal-funds rate to a record low of 0% to 0.25% is but the most recent of these. With rates already effectively trading near zero despite the Fed's previous target of 1%, the decision does not actually change rates and only sends a negative message about the state of the economy. That worsens confidence. And now the target rate has nowhere else to go, so the Fed will have...