Word: ruling
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...likely is such a correction? The board didn't foresee its happening soon, but members didn't rule it out. Nor did they see a major slippage in stock markets as the end of the world economy. A slide of 35% in the value of the New York Stock Exchange would surely wipe out the U.S. "wealth effect" and decimate public confidence. But, Courtis argued, the fundamental transformations brought about by globalization and the Internet would provide a foundation for another boom. Besides, as Hormats put it, "investors have a greater sense of confidence that when the markets go down...
...begin disarming once the local government was in place in Northern Ireland. Indeed, on Nov. 17, 1999, the IRA said that it would be willing to discuss disarmament once a power-sharing government was created. That government was instituted on Dec. 1, ending 27 years of direct British rule...
...refused to give even a clear committal to surrendering its caches of weaponry. Faced with the IRA's intransigence, first minister Trimble assured his party that he would resign from the cabinet rather than participate in a government threatened by an armed IRA. The British government wisely resumed direct rule in order to prevent Trimble's resignation, which would have destroyed the legitimacy of the power-sharing government. An IRA statement issued just hours before the British reclaimed control, in which the IRA proposed conditions to put arms "beyond use," was too little, too late...
...although new measures will be taken to increase minorities' involvement in recruiting programs. But Bush's plan, while ostensibly democratic, raises the ire of some black and minority leaders, in part because it's unclear how the 'diversity outreach' and '20 percent' plan will actually work. "The 20 percent rule is an attempt to be inclusive, to open doors without outwardly using race as a guideline," says Cohen. "But a lot of people believe racism still exists - and that the legacy of discrimination has not been erased." Many Floridians also wonder whether the 20 percent rule will be entirely fair...
Over the years, his eight grandchildren and four children have helped him pick slogans, while others ("Awesome," "My Way," "You Rule") come from other NECCO employees...