Don't be crude.

It stood in stark contrast to the President's statements.

To break this sterile cycle, what is needed now is not more hot rhetoric about North Korea s missiles, but a commitment to steady, patient diplomacy that transcends changes in the political cycle.

There is no quick fix in disentangling the Korean knot.

It killed some people in Eurasia.

During this time, the international community has also dramatically changed.

Sen, not surprisingly, is a trenchant critic of the Asian values school.

The talk now is of a global recession that will be steep and prolonged.

This, together with the sharp fall in oil prices, boosted economic growth.

The bubble has now burst, and these economies are heading into a steep recession.

Disinflation, when necessary, cannot be as steep.

These images stand in stark contrast to the fear mongering attitude of the government.

Institutions which should protect the law are becoming tools in the hands of the rulers, and we are witnessing serious accusations that they are being abused. This declaration was accompanied by a dramatic appeal to cleanse Polish politics of dirt, fury, and hatred.

The political instability following June s inconclusive election had been compounded by a sharp decline in domestic and regional security.

With the abrupt end of the boom in 2006, that ego boosting story also ended.

Other plaintiffs also pointed out that careless statements by Elon Musk caused sharp fluctuations in the share price.

It became a sharp ethical difference, which could no longer be bridged with humour or even sarcasm.

But the Arab world is divided about how to deal with the sudden rise in Iranian power.

Egypt s economy, bruised by the outflow of foreign investment and a dearth of tourists, is on life support.

And how about stock market declines that are accompanied by a steep and persistent collapse in earnings by depressions?

But the immediate effect was mitigated to some extent by a sharp depreciation of almost all the currencies caused by the capital outflows.

That is, the markets have been more vulnerable to sudden large drops than they have been to sudden large increases.

The first type are those caused by major shocks, say an outbreak of war or a sudden, sharp increase in the price of petroleum.

The upward pressure on the US dollar from the embrace of quantitative easing by the ECB and the BOJ has been sharp.

The strategy worked well, and helped defuse Islamic opposition to the wrenching changes that accompanied the country s rapid economic modernization.

In the absence of effective regulation, financial integration has made the region vulnerable to a sudden and massive contraction of capital inflows.

Conversely, every global recession in the past 50 years has been preceded by a sharp increase in oil prices.

In 2009, economists expect growth to contract by up to 8 , with a further steep decline likely next year.

Avoidance of prudential requirements is at the core of today s financial crisis, exacerbated by the collapse of confidence in a system based on trust.

The crash is followed by a flight to safety, which is followed by a steep fall in the velocity of money as investors hoard cash.

The decline in the WES indicator during the last two quarters was the sharpest since 2001, when the stock market bubble burst.

While most Egyptians may support Morsi s aims, a dramatic expansion of presidential power in order to attain them was, for many, a step too far. 160

This contrasts with his previous abrasive approach in Mother's Milk , as well as his dry, funky and more docile arrangements on Blood Sugar Sex Magik .

As income inequality has increased dramatically in some countries, such as the US it is moving to the forefront of the debate, reinforcing the traditional political divide.

Tristram closes with this scathing comment The difference between your average Swiss and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the poster child of racist rants, has just gotten much narrower.

Such wrenching sights are typically accompanied by the pungent odor of a sewage system that is more a problem than a solution, especially during the rainy season.

In fact, China probably limited the increase this year after recognizing that the international community is becoming alarmed by the steep upward trajectory of its military build up.

This trend exposes candidate countries' real economies to precisely the risk of a capital flow reversal and currency crisis that early Euro adoption was meant to eliminate.

Once increasing fixed investment becomes impossible most likely after 2013 China is poised for a sharp slowdown.

There is debate about what constitutes the actual onset of puberty, but it is considered precocious when breast enlargement is accompanied by a growth spurt before age 8.

Shareholders would instantly realize that the books were cooked, and roundly punish the offending company's share price.

The sharp fall in China s exports to the US has been compensated by a sharp rise in the Chinese government s spending on infrastructure say, on subway construction in China s biggest cities.

Consumption, which accounts for about 70 of total spending, is constrained by high unemployment, weak wage gains, and a steep decline in home values and consumer wealth.

Moreover, SADC has faced a sharp decline in FDI inflows, which fell from 9.8 billion in 2001 to 3 billion in 2003.

One group Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (BELL) experienced a surge in yields on their government bonds in 2009, followed by a sharp decline.