Word: withdrawals
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...financial crisis happened even faster. Within days of the Austrian ultimatum, the delicate web of international credit was torn to shreds. German trading companies ceased to remit the money they owed to brokers in London. European investors rushed to withdraw their money from New York. As nervous banks called in loans, panic selling swept the world's financial markets. But the further asset prices fell, the worse the crisis became. Securities that had been the collateral for immense pyramids of debt were suddenly unsellable. The central banks had to admit they lacked the means to stem the outflow. The only...
...their conclusion. The best example was in 1995 [when the government abandoned reforms after weeks of transport strikes]. Once you give a sign like that, you tell the French clearly: If I do a reform that you don't like, you go into the street, I promise I'll withdraw...
...equally unlikely that Ethiopian military power will subdue the Islamist challenge inside Somalia. Indeed, the government's reliance on forces of the old enemy is unlikely to endear it to the Somali citizenry. Although Ethiopia promises to withdraw its forces within days, they had been active in Somalia for months before their presence was officially acknowledged, and a speedy withdrawal would leave a vacuum that the Islamists would once again fill. Yet having effectively repelled an Islamist advance on Baidoa, the Ethiopians risk losing much of their tactical advantage if they tried to capture Islamist strongholds, particularly the capital. Their...
...identified, even predicted in a TIME interview that the Iranian parliament would oust Ahmadinejad before the end of his term in 2009. "Most of the decision makers and the elite are against him," he said with a disdainful look. "If he becomes less popular, even the Supreme Leader will withdraw his support." That is doubtful, given Ahmadinejad's closeness to Khamenei. But the senior conservative leader's remarks point to the tough fight ahead for Ahmadinejad's political future...
...been growing speculation that King Abdullah will soon accede to pleas from leaders of Sunni tribes in Iraq - some of whom have blood ties with members of the Saudi leadership - for money for arms and armor for their own militias, especially if the U.S. were to begin to withdraw and the country fall further into chaos. And though the Bush Administration has taken issue with a recent New York Times report that King Abdullah himself told Cheney much the same thing during his recent visit to the Kingdom, there is little doubt that the Saudis are feeling pressure from their...