Word: weathers
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...looked at all the banks as a group. By aggregating the data, the Fed presumably could make better estimates of what would be the loan losses at the individual banks. The stress tests also looked out two years, instead of the usual one, as regulators gauged if banks could weather a worsening of the economy - where the stress in the name comes from - and not just whether they had enough capital to pay for current losses. Most importantly, the results of the stress tests were publicized and presented in a way that was easy for most people to understand...
...will start to talk about the past rather than the future. We're seeing that happening a lot with brands now. They're saying, "Hey, if you talk about the past, people feel safe." For instance, I went on a summer holiday, and it was a disastrous holiday. The weather was crap, the food was bad and the hotel was bad. But when you look at the photos from that holiday two years later, you kind of forget all the bad memories you had. That's exactly what's happening in our minds. Companies will start to push the past...
...simply “getting along” with Tammy for 24 hours a day proved to be the most challenging aspect of the experience. “The race is designed to test—to stress—normal relationships, and see how they weather under extreme conditions,” he said. Over 14 episodes, Tammy and Victor completed numerous tasks, including boarding a party taxi in Thailand and singing karaoke with “Mai Tai trannies,” Tammy said. For her, one of the most valuable experiences was learning to travel without money...
...hilarious that the majority of people participating in this conversation are graduating and should therefore be outside enjoying the beautiful weather, instead of worrying about hot breakfasts that you wouldn't be eating regardless...
...Saddam's army suffered a catastrophic defeat with the backbone of its army and air force destroyed and the loss of much of the southern part of the country to Shi'ite insurgents, but Saddam held on and remained in power. The Iranian regime believes it can weather the same degree of losses, especially as it has adequately prepared its populace for "martyrdom." As a result, it believes it is able to withstand much greater human and material losses than the U.S. A $100-per-bbl. spike in the price of oil and a few thousand Americans dead, its thinking...