Word: tempering
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...Make no mistake, a China slowdown is approaching. Fueled by the excesses of bank lending, the mainland's runaway investment boom threatens balance and stability, and for many months authorities have been moving to bring the overheated economy under control. The objective of China's policymakers is to temper excesses by cooling the credit cycle. In recent weeks, Beijing has announced a number of administrative actions aimed at curtailing excess lending and rapid price increases at the provincial and local levels. I am convinced those actions will work and that China will experience a soft landing...
...aggressive, arrogant nature of the U.S. forces is all too apparent. Their withdrawal from Fallujah, without achieving any of their objectives, was long overdue and will probably help temper their arrogance. Isn't it time the American military packed up all its soldiers and equipment and left Iraq? Aymen Mahgoub Birmingham, England...
...number of the poor, structural economic factors constrain their ability to advance,” and thus “the American dream remains elusive, despite considerable work and effort.” Hopefully, the reality that this recent issue attempts to illustrate will serve to raise awareness and temper much of the insensitivity embraced by those blissfully ignorant...
DIED. BRENDA FASSIE, 39, South Africa's first globally renowned black pop star; of complications from an asthma attack; in Johannesburg. Called the Madonna of the Townships, the tiny diva was known as much for her hot temper, lesbian affairs and drug abuse as for her music--a pulsating blend of hip-hop, reggae and African rhythms known as kwaito that emerged from South Africa's grim shantytowns in the 1990s...
...DIED. BRENDA FASSIE, 39, South Africa's first globally renowned black pop star; from an asthma-induced heart attack; in Johannesburg. Called the Madonna of the Townships, the diminutive diva was known as much for her hot temper, lesbian affairs and drug abuse as for her music-a pulsating blend of hip-hop, reggae and African rhymes known as kwaito that emerged from South Africa's benighted shantytowns in the 1990s...