Word: repeatability
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...viewers hate an aggressive media that seems to be stirring up trouble, in the long run - and more deeply - they resent and mistrust a quiet, smug understanding among media and government elites to maintain a united front above simple common sense in reporting. That willingness to straight-facedly repeat nonsense is essential to diplomacy, and it has nothing to do with journalism, which, popular opinion and our own vanity notwithstanding, is not a fourth branch of the government...
...Djelic is already under pressure from angry state factory workers demanding back pay and higher wages. "The former regime used to print money to pay the workers, and it led to one of the world's highest inflation rates," Djelic says. "We can't afford to repeat this mistake. I just have to tell them to be patient...
...Saturday-almost two years to the day after he dominated Columbia as a freshman-Crocket returned to the scene of his first victory to repeat history by hurling another complete-game gem against the Lions...
...more people use hearing aids? For most adults, a decline in hearing occurs so gradually as to be imperceptible--except to family and friends who chafe at having to repeat themselves or at being subjected to the blare of a television turned up to accommodate their loved one's poor hearing. Some discover their disability during a physical exam. Fred Smith, 92, a retired San Francisco businessman, got his wake-up call in the Navy. He was taken off sea duty in the Pacific and transferred back to the States during World War II after he failed a hearing test...
Despite the sell-off, the probability of a repeat of the crash in 1987 remains low, says David Blitzer, chief investment strategist at S&P. Still, preceding that crash "we had a high volatility week and a high-anxiety weekend," he notes, adding that the current environment feels a lot like that. And so far there has been no cathartic sell-off, just a steady exodus, mainly from tech stocks. Market watchers would like to see capitulation--a panicky selling spree that flushes out all the worrywarts and sets the stage for the next bull market...