Word: robustly
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...insisted over the past year that the Vatican must not impose its morality on those outside the Church. As for Italy's political leaders, he had publicly invited both Berlusconi and Napolitano on Saturday to see his daughter for themselves following news reports that she was in rather robust physical shape. "Come to Udine to take full account, in person and in private, of my daughter's real condition." It was a final reminder of at least one difference from the Schiavo case: no pictures of Englaro taken after her car accident 17 years ago had ever been circulated, forever...
...generously offering to pay their relocation expenses, but doesn't answer the obvious question of why the people were hired in the U.S. in the first place. IBM just had a record quarter and forecast a strong 2009. Even though this company is fat and happy due to its robust sales, it must have decided that it had been overzealous in its hiring...
...Sudan. The country's Khartoum-based government suspects the government of South Sudan of rearming ahead of a 2011 referendum in which southerners will decide whether to break away and form a separate nation. Some analysts have suggested that the tanks could be part of a new, more robust southern Sudanese ground force. Conflict between Sudan's north and south in the 1980s and '90s killed more than 2 million people. A peace deal in 2005 ended hostilities but opened the way for an independent South Sudan, a possibility Khartoum is determined to halt. (See pictures of the brazen pirates...
Today, Russia's finances look a lot less robust. The government budget was based on oil at $70 per bbl., far above the current price, and it will consequently swing into deficit next year for the first time since 2001. The stock market has dropped more than 70% in the past year, as the nation's business élite have dumped stocks to repay the huge loans they had taken out to finance acquisitions in Russia and abroad. Capital is fleeing--investors have pulled about $245 billion out of Russia since August--and the ruble is under pressure...
...longest-sitting MP in Iceland, with three decades in Parliament and four stints as Minister of Social Affairs, Sigurðardóttir has gained a reputation for voicing support for social issues such as gender equality, a robust welfare system and rights for the disabled and elderly. Fellow MP Ágúst Einarsson went as far as to call her "socialism incarnate." Firmly planted in left-of-center politics, the new Minister reflects the nation's postmeltdown retreat from the right, as demonstrated in recent polling data...