Word: shock
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...world consumption--is foreseeable. To guard against this scenario, Kuwait is making emergency plans to export its oil safely. The U.S. and its allies have also announced that they will coordinate releases that could amount to several million barrels a day from strategic reserves. But the shock could still push up prices to $80 per bbl., tailing off to about $50 by year's end. That compares with an inflation-adjusted price of $47 per bbl. at the height of the 1973 oil crisis. That kind of spike would hit stock markets hard and could send the global economy into...
...President Vladimir Putin - even mocking Putin's resemblance to Dobby the house elf from the Harry Potter movies. But Parfyonov's performance last week was uncharacteristically subdued, given that he had recently announced plans to end the program. Still, even if expected, the final sign-off came as a shock: "Namedni will not appear again ... Good luck." Namedni's demise means the end for NTV, once Russia's only private national television station. After a three-year fight, the network now finally passes into the hands of Putin allies. The house elf has got his revenge. Launched...
While FAS has not run serious budget deficits since the early 1990s, in light of today’s souring economy, red ink is no shock. FAS should not fear running modest deficits in continuing its expansion—nor should it rule out borrowing to cover its expenses for a few years. The Faculty should be able spend smoothly through the economy’s upswings and downswings—a desirable practice for a college looking to grow...
...It’s definitely been somewhat of a culture shock,” Moore said. “My friends are telling me that I’ve lost my Southern accent, but I hope...
...primary causes of sourcebook sticker shock are the sometimes astronomical copyright and royalty fees involved in republishing articles. Coursepacks were once protected from copyright violations through the fair use exception clause (Section 107) of the amended Copyright Act of 1976. However, in 1991, Kinko’s Copy Centers lost a copyright lawsuit over the publishing of coursepacks, and universities across the country took notice. Although not every sourcebook necessarily falls under the Kinko’s ruling, each must be scrutinized individually to ensure it passes the copyright rules, which requires legal fees exceeding the cost of the material...