Word: turning
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...Yates' daughter Monica, 51, who lives near Flint, Michigan, is understandably happy with the turn of events. "A 48-year-old novel, having a life, which it never had in the first place!" she says enthusiastically. "It's excellent." She's not really surprised that the book has found an audience, though. "I never doubted, and I don't even think he really doubted." But, she adds, "He would have liked to have it before he died." (See Time's Top 10 Fiction Books...
...Federal Reserve has said that it now expects unemployment to hit almost 9% by the end of the year. But, the point at which the economy begins to turn around is not when joblessness hits its peak. This inflection comes when the rate of the increase in firings begins to slow. The most important moment in a downturn comes not when the damaging contraction's momentum has come to rest but when its progress has begun to slow. (See pictures of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan...
...Regulating greenhouse gases from power plants could bring a total halt to carbon-intensive electricity, since there is currently no economical way to capture and store the plants' carbon emissions. That, in turn, could lead to an escalation of costlier but low-carbon alternatives like natural gas, wind or solar by default, which critics say would put a drag on the economy. (Environmentalists - and their allies in the White House - argue that the cost of curbing carbon emissions will be more than manageable and will help push the U.S. economy to a cleaner and more sustainable future...
...social propriety, literary promotion, or mere mischief.Others, like John Locke, were forced into concealment by the necessity to avoid persecution in a time when their writings challenged the prevailing religious or political norms. The authorities of the Tudor and the Stuart eras, failing to uncover these anonymous authors, in turn executed printers.By the 18th century, anonymity became less a matter of mortal safety and more a strategy for marketing. Readers and reviewers were left to speculate on the gender and identity for the author. Jonathan Swift, author of “Gulliver’s Travels...
...regime showed a relative tolerance toward one of its fierce opponents. It is a sign that maybe the regime is willing to compromise. Before, the regime [used to shut] the door for any compromise. Political openness is a must, and it is very difficult to turn back...