Word: sharpness
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...what really counts is why the currency is rising in the first place. "I think we're in a situation where the euro goes up because the dollar goes down," says Thomas Mayer, chief economist at investment bank Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt. "The biggest worry is that a sharp appreciation of the euro reduces profit expectations in European industry and leads to a broadly based weakness." Take a German-based manufacturer of machine tools, for example. With the euro higher, the price of the company's goods on the world market will have to rise. That leads to lower profits...
...combination of energy, boyish enthusiasm and sharp intellect has played a major role in all of our activities,” said Baird Professor of Science Andrew McMahon, who is the chair of Wiley’s department. “His absence leaves a great void...
...offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Hours later they left, after blowing up three buildings in the compound. And while it may be premature to interpret the Megiddo attack as the opening volley of an Armageddon, the carnage there, and the response it triggered, serves as a sharp reminder that the violent impasse that forced the Bush administration reluctantly off the sidelines in April has yet to be resolved...
...better even than English idol Michael Owen. Where Batistuta is a smooth assassin, Crespo is a wily pickpocket, deceiving defenders and slipping unnoticed into goal-scoring positions. At 26, he is at the peak of his powers, and although he hasn't scored in recent friendlies, he has looked sharp...
With the Crimson facing a 6-0 deficit, senior second baseman Faiz Shakir led off that inning with a sharp double down the right field line, and Mager followed that up with a single to give the Crimson first and second with nobody...