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...mirror three seasons hence. Currency traders act on a prediction of what will happen to the value of the yen in the next minute, while actuaries construct tables of risk on the basis of an expected rise in sea temperatures over the next 100 years. We cannot resist our urge to speculate on what will happen next, and when, and how much...
Sullivan seems to take her weather seriously. When she moved from Harvard to Stanford in 1993, she quipped, "Who could resist teaching at a world-class law school in paradise...
...cautionary note. With today's euphoria surrounding the surpluses, it is not difficult to imagine the hard-earned fiscal restraint developed in recent years rapidly dissipating. We need to resist those policies that could readily resurrect the deficits of the past and the fiscal imbalances that followed in their wake...
...likely to start any rallies in the streets - or across the aisle. Greenspan is still the pinnacle of credibility when it comes to economic matters, and the fact that he's not worried one whit about this tax cut's potential for disaster will make it hard to resist...
...acoustic guitarists on either side. He started out with the song "Fadas" a graceful, toe-tapping tune that that skips along as lightly as a stone across a pond. Next he flowed into the goodhearted song "Diz Que Fui Por Ai"; during the instrumental break, he couldn't resist dancing around his stool as his guitarists carried the melody. It was pure enchantment; not just Brazilian music at its best, but art at its finest as well. Melodia's set carried a heavy burden of soul but managed to nonetheless be light on its feet. You never wanted the moment...