Word: turning
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...That's an unbelievable ratio. Even in hedge funds, which are ordinarily leveraged [i.e., more than 100% invested], they are now less than 100% invested, in some cases less than 50% invested. So everyone is maximum defensive, which is basically good news because if the fundamentals turn, there's plenty of cash to get the market going. On the other hand, the news is still bad and investors have been burned. The market was down 37% last year; it's down more than 20% this year. People feel they are in a situation that is fundamentally different from anything that...
...Intensifying these trends is the disproportionate effect of the recession on women, who, due to pervasive economic disadvantage, have fewer personal assets and marketable skills to leverage when times turn hard. With unemployment among women rising faster, and women’s wages falling more quickly, than those of their male counterparts, it is now more important than ever that women reject Basham’s advice—not only for the sake of leading their own fulfilling lives, but also to ensure the financial safety of their families...
...State Hillary Clinton called for North Korea to end its threats during a trip to the South Korean capital, Seoul, in late February. And after North Korea’s latest threats, the State Department’s special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, has taken his turn, calling the threats unproductive, especially as the United States was willing to reach out to the North Koreans and continue to build relations. These relations would presumably start with the negotiations from which Kim’s government withdrew in January...
...Harvard displayed a team effort in clogging the paint and poking away balls, causing Morin and Pinick to turn the ball over five times each...
Interviews with three of the police officers who were there reveal the last moments of Qasab's mission. Khan tried to make a U-turn but bumped into a concrete median. The car stopped, and the officers ran toward it. Khan started shooting from the driver's seat and was killed by police fire. Qasab first put up his hands as if to surrender, but when police officers opened the car door, he leaped out and dropped with his back to the ground, guns blazing. An unarmed assistant subinspector, Tukaram Ombale, grabbed the barrel of Qasab...