Word: upturned
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...pleased that U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the monster Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's most wanted terrorist [June 19]. President George W. Bush should rightly be enjoying an upturn in his political fortunes. I hope it's not wishful thinking to regard al-Zarqawi's death as a step toward peace and the welcome departure of coalition troops...
Ellwood said he expects the financial upturn to continue...
...Alberta does not represent the entire west. British Columbia pointedly elected five fewer Conservatives to Ottawa this month than it did in 2004, and its longstanding competition with Alberta may spell trouble for Harper's government. Even some Albertans wonder whether they may end up regretting their upturn in political fortune. Alberta commentator Ted Byfield fears that the province's fierce sense of self-reliance will be weakened under a Harper government that expects the province to subordinate its resources to the national interest and allows its wealth to "drain" away to other provinces with little in return--especially...
...window and shout that this will wreck the recovery," says Stefan Schneider at Deutsche Bank Research in Frankfurt. If he's right - and if Trichet is telling the truth about a limited increase - then the ECB decision may be the clearest sign yet that Europe's long-awaited upturn has arrived...
...Pakistan: Boom or Bust? "Going Up?" on Pakistan's booming economy [July 11] said remittance money sent home by Pakistanis living overseas has flowed into stocks and real estate, driving up the price of property in cities like Lahore and Karachi 300% or more, and triggering a sharp economic upturn. That news leaves me sad and confused. As your report made clear, economic success is a cruel joke to most of our country's 160 million people. The sole beneficiary of skyrocketing property prices is the group composed of the ruling ?lite and the wealthy. They made fortunes...