Word: rising
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...There's lots of cash that's been tucked away around the world by people whose profit-taking will lift markets after big sell of periods, but that won't change the big picture," Touati says, "Only signs the U.S. has hit bottom and on the rise again will fuel a real rebound of international stock markets...
...Some people say that right now, it’s sexy to be a social entrepreneur—to be involved in microfinance, non-profits, and the like. What do you say to people that see this recent rise in civic activity as being only fashionable and not sustainable...
...swimming pool, movies, dance class, lectures...JW: ...writing papers all night.11. FM: If you could both pick one historical period to be either writing or criticizing in, it would be?CM: 1890—1930. There was a huge amount going on. There was the rise of modernism and the excitement. They had a sense of the urgency of their project; I think we live in a time in which there is a sense of irrelevance sometimes.JW: Either that period or the ’40s and ’50s. But even by that time there is already...
...that is acceptable to both sides? One can talk about removing settlements, but it becomes more difficult every day. Since the collapse of the Camp David summit in July 2000, some Palestinian and Israeli élites have begun to lose faith in the two-state solution. We see the rise of Hamas, which has a completely different agenda. If you don't have some kind of viable two-state solution, we have a problem on our hands...
...from Western countries against the huge trade surpluses maintained by Beijing. An unnamed European diplomat in Beijing told the Financial Times on Wednesday that China's "biggest nightmare" is being ordered by the U.S. and Europe to raise the value of their currency by 30% or face a 30% rise in tariffs. The pressure to revalue the Chinese currency could come as early as April 2, when the Group of 20 richest countries in the world meet in London, and where President Obama is scheduled to meet Chinese president Hu Jiantao for the first time...