He is erratic.

An erratic, authoritarian lunatic.

The other left has proved to be more extreme and erratic than many anticipated.

People here are content to be free from Qaddafi s erratic policies and pervasive security services.

The North Koreans are erratic, unpleasant, irresponsible, and unhelpful.

Following the path of the steam engine long ago, progress is not doomed to be rare and erratic.

But beyond the scandals, the public should be more aware of the erratic nature of today's financial markets.

Echo s Varfolomeev gave the same reason for his site s erratic behavior.

Dan began an erratic sexual relationship with his youngest aunt, Linda.

RB Philippe is quite erratic, so I think that he wouldn't be the best person to design the engine, no.

Unfortunately, Iraq appears set to continue to be a major source of high oil prices, owing to highly erratic output.

Gazprom's erratic behavior is not a matter of minor concern for Europe.

You would think it would be a very erratic process, and you have a very smooth outcome of this chaotic process.

The West s attitude toward democracy in the Third World has always been erratic.

But Israel is not required to sign a peace deal with the erratic Mashaal.

For them, climate change can be expected to bring more erratic and uncertain storms, with no guarantee of water in the well, bucket, and field.

If an unyielding South becomes engaged in another military game of chicken with the often audacious and always erratic North, the results could be catastrophic.

Clearly, Russia s attitude toward its near abroad is not quite as erratic as it may seem.

The inherently erratic behavior of the major renewable energy technologies presents serious problems for power system planners.

The West s response has been far more supportive of Arabs aspirations, but it has also been contradictory and erratic.

PRINCETON Around the world commentators fondly insist that Boris Yeltsin's relations with reality are episodic, unpredictable, erratic, maybe even insane.

Finance Minister Eichel's policy is bound to become as erratic as the fiscal policies pursued by the last Kohl government.

Sovereign debt, needed by all countries, but particularly by the poorest, suffers profoundly from erratic interest rate and exchange rate movements.

Faced with the erratic nature of agricultural markets, regulation is needed to soften the impact on poorer countries of volatile food prices.

One would hope that his removal would reduce market volatility and stabilize oil prices. Unfortunately, Iraq appears set to continue to be a major source of high oil prices, owing to highly erratic output.

Even North Korea's erratic leader, the hermit Kim Jong Il, who never travels outside his country, has visited Putin twice in recent years.

Instead of becoming more modern, agriculture remained as dependent as ever on erratic monsoon rains and became even more volatile in its production.

Even Eastern Europe, with erratic Russia at its center, will not likely make the world hold its breath at least for financial reasons.

Putin's erratic and economically oblivious policies are frittering away the last remnants of what was once Gazprom's monopoly position in the European gas market.

Let us remember Libya is a totalitarian tyranny its leader, Muammar Ghaddafi, combines sometimes erratic behavior with extremist policies, supporting dictators all over the world.

A volatility feedback loop begins the more volatility, the more people feel they must pay attention to the market, and hence the more erratic their trades.

Hunger afflicts hundreds of millions, as world weather patterns seem to become more erratic, with more dangerous droughts and floods associated perhaps with long term changes in the climate.

The story of an erratic kid from Brooklyn taking on the Soviet empire in its national sport made good copy for journalists, who understood the significance of the event.

Almost every day, we learn of yet another greedy US corporate chief executive who conspired with accountants, lawyers, and investment bankers to defraud the investing public. But beyond the scandals, the public should be more aware of the erratic nature of today's financial markets.

Further liberalization of farm trade will not ensure food security. Faced with the erratic nature of agricultural markets, regulation is needed to soften the impact on poorer countries of volatile food prices.

Instead of seeing Yeltsin s actions as erratic, we should recognize them for what they are declarations that he remains strong and powerful, and planning to stay high up for years to come.

Moreover, if global warming continues unchecked, the number of deaths that occur when rainfall becomes more erratic, causing both prolonged droughts and severe floods, will dwarf the death toll from hot weather in Europe.

Investors are concerned about Chinese equities erratic performance, regulatory risks, and policy surprises, as well as the uncertainties stemming from greater volatility in asset prices, including property prices, interest rates, and the exchange rate.

Since 1998, there has not been a single defection from the upper levels of the program, despite low pay and substandard living conditions deteriorating medical care, erratic electricity supplies, and a ban on travel.

The Saudi Cables lift the lid on a increasingly erratic and secretive dictatorship that has not only celebrated its 100th beheading this year, but which has also become a menace to its neighbours and itself.

Given the erratic nature of Berlusconi s rule, it is no surprise that, ever since the 2001 election that returned him to power, the center left l Unione coalition has won all subsequent elections administrative, regional, and European.

Tax hikes will not solve the government's fiscal problems, because weakening growth ultimately means less tax revenues. Finance Minister Eichel's policy is bound to become as erratic as the fiscal policies pursued by the last Kohl government.

Even Eastern Europe, with erratic Russia at its center, will not likely make the world hold its breath at least for financial reasons. The two trouble spots that may erupt and disturb harmony around the world, surprisingly, are its two greatest economies America and Japan.

In 2011, under President Nicolas Sarkozy, France has again taken a highly visible stand on a question of war and peace, except that now the French, together with the British, are leading the fight to protect Libya s people from their erratic, brutal leader, Col. Muammar el Qaddafi.

Could be, could be.