Word: weatherize
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...back, of course, was the 25 points he didn't cut, the slowing down of the rate-cut regime to 25 points a pop from 50, which is a signal that Greenspan suspects the recession may have at least bottomed out, the icy economic weather won't last all year, and the Fed's work as a preventative medicine man may be done...
...Greenspan, after 11 cuts, has sent the economy into the valley with not only a meal but a warm winter coat, a scarf and a flu shot. But he doesn't make the economic weather - to a much larger extent, consumers do. And so the contours of the valley, while we're in it, is likely to be determined by how much money they have socked away. What they think about the chances of hanging onto their job long enough to even be working in the second half of 2002. Whether those pre- and post-Christmas sales are an incentive...
...there’s no mystery here, Causey said. Warm weather has delayed these birds in their journey south...
Trimble speculated that some of the flocks may be American robins, short-distance migrants who move according to weather patterns rather than the time of the year. If these birds find a good food source, he said, they may choose to stay in the area, but a week-long cold spell will likely send them further south. Stauncher birds such as chickadees and sparrows will probably brave the weather. By contrast, migratory birds depend more heavily on a seasonal clock and have likely left the area, Trimble said...
Trimble expects the recent snow to prompt less hardy birds to migrate. But with the weather pattern Harvard has seen this fall, nothing is predictable. If warm weather holds out, so will the birds...