Word: shadow
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...treat it with a numerologist's zeal. When it drops, we assume that grave societal consequences will follow. Macroeconomic policy is formed in its shadow. But now the granddaddy of economic statistics - gross domestic product (GDP) - is under attack. An assortment of economists, psychologists and sociologists are beginning to say that GDP is an imprecise measurement of economic performance that distracts policymakers from more important measures of societal well-being...
...commanders with a 13-page Code of Conduct (among the rules: no senior government officials are to be executed without his say-so, and civilian casualties must be minimized when attacking foreign troops). In large swathes of the southern provinces of Helmand, Kandahar, Zabol, Oruzgan, Paktia and Paktika, a shadow Islamic republic of the Taliban already exists, with governors, a radio station, law-enforcing militias and courts. In recent months, the Taliban opened a northern front in Kunduz, Baghlan and Badakshan provinces, with a strong contingent of al-Qaeda foreigners among them, according to senior Afghan officials. In all these...
...tried microwaving your cereal this morning and those of you who “chose” to apply to law school. Many of you, however, might have missed a particularly appealing opportunity that is just now becoming apparent. For, as they say in New Haven: In the shadow of a crisis, there are many other crises waiting...
Specializing in finance, Stein worked most intensely on the financial stability plan, which he describes as “the effort to deal with the current problems of the banking and what some call the ‘shadow banking’ system...
...that is how Filipinos will remember her, a mere human (imperfect and flawed), but one who tried to live life in the most honest way she could, with only the best interest of others at heart. In her death, she has once and for all stepped out of the shadow of her husband, the assassinated Benigno Aquino Jr. She is the icon of Philippine democracy and the talisman of People Power. Weeks after the funeral, yellow banners and tarpaulins bearing her picture and name still line the streets of Manila. I wasn't even born when she ascended to power...