Word: struck
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...moment of social and cultural pageantry, the visit was a hit. But it carried an anxious subtext. The Great Recession has struck museums and performing-arts groups with a vengeance. No one expects the Federal Government to bail them out. But the people who run these organizations--and the people who care about them--were eager to see in the First Lady's appearances a sign that the White House knows just how bad things have gotten for them...
...peak, I spent a few days in Beijing in the company of a bunch of top business executives from the U.S. and Europe. The occasion was a conference sponsored by my then employer, Fortune, and as I sat through the speeches and panels and dinners, I was repeatedly struck by the almost puppy-like devotion to the Middle Kingdom voiced by Western CEOs...
...international community struck the usual poses that follow Pyongyang's periodic outrages. President Barack Obama said in a statement that the test would "serve to deepen North Korea's isolation." Japan said it would "not tolerate" such actions and called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, a demand South Korea backed. Russia expressed "serious concern." Even the Chinese, North Korea's alleged ally, said they were "firmly opposed" to the test...
...companies here frantically restocking their supplies of copper, iron ore and other commodities used in industrial production. "The biggest driver of discontent [with the Chinalco deal] among Rio shareholders," says Grant Craighead, managing director of Australia-based independent research group Stock Resource, "was that the deal was being struck close to the low point in the current financial crisis. Over recent months the market decided that the worst of the crisis was over, and life's likely to get better. The Chinalco deal went from looking like a win-win to looking a bit cheap," he says...
...Intelligence, commonly known as the ISI. At least two dozen people were killed by the blast that caused widespread damage and injured over 300. The Taliban later claimed responsibility. Hakimullah Mehsud, a deputy of notorious Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, warned the residents of major cities to flee before they struck again...