Overnight
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The Sherman Act itself did not change this situation overnight, but, once President Theodore Roosevelt decided to take up the cause, it became a powerful tool that could be used to break up industrial and transportation monopolies.
In the Tour de France, cyclists can even use
overnight
intravenous nutrition and hydration to restore their bodies.
And even as many countries try to wean themselves off oil, that transition will not happen
overnight.
But it is important to note that its efforts were not simply an
overnight
reaction to the oncoming storm.
Then, suddenly,“the party vanished, overnight, as if all of a sudden a giant sponge had drained the entire sea, Adriatic and Austral, leaving litter and clots of mud, and all the boats stranded.
The lesson is that we should not dream of
overnight
breakthroughs, or allow ourselves to fall into despair in the absence of immediate progress.
They can’t move workers from painting children’s toys in Guangdong to building schools in Western China
overnight.
International competitiveness is not just about low costs, but also about quality control and customer satisfaction, none of which magically happens
overnight.
None of this happened
overnight.
It cannot happen
overnight.
Unfortunately, this will not happen overnight; and, in some cases, conditions might have to become a lot worse in order to focus policymakers’ minds.
At the same time, it accounts for the fact that relationships and perceptions cannot be changed overnight, and that rapid, sweeping transformation is not realistic in a country of 1.3 billion people.
And a new set of trade deals will not be concluded
overnight.
Third, not only is fixed income more illiquid, but now most of these instruments – which have grown enormously in number, owing to the mushrooming issuance of private and public debts before and after the financial crisis – are held in open-ended funds that allow investors to exit
overnight.
Imagine a bank that invests in illiquid assets but allows depositors to redeem their cash overnight: if a run on these funds occurs, the need to sell the illiquid assets can push their price very low very fast, in what is effectively a fire sale.
If a Tobin tax induced financial institutions to finance themselves with more longer-term debt and less
overnight
repo, it could play a significant stabilizing role.
But it does not help to solve major financial problems, and those that it does address (short-term,
overnight
financing) could be dealt with more directly, with a more focused tax, better rules governing those transactions, and improved prudential regulation.
Sound transactions would be taxed along with destabilizing,
overnight
financing of fragile financial institutions.
I know that neither the European Union nor the North Atlantic Alliance can open themselves
overnight.
Whether for mutual security or shared prosperity, genuine partnerships are not built
overnight.
Japan's hasty move offshore creates new Asian competitors virtually
overnight.
The number of Gazan workers in Israel was reduced to a few hundred, and rising unemployment and poverty empowered armed factions, gangs, and warlords – a development that intensified after Hamas’s electoral victory in 2006, which resulted in an international siege that cut off public servants’ salaries
overnight.
To be sure, chronic and infectious diseases need our attention, too; we cannot restructure health systems overnight, nor should we turn our backs on those being treated for non-surgical illnesses.
With minds concentrated by fears of another 1930’s-style Great Depression, America’s political leaders developed, virtually overnight, a $700 billion bailout plan to resuscitate the country’s rapidly deflating financial sector.
Whether Forgeard acted illegally is still under investigation, but, with the announcement causing the share price to plummet by 26%
overnight
– wiping out €5.5 billion of the company’s value – his position became untenable.
Peripheral countries must undertake structural reforms, while recognizing that such changes will not bear fruit overnight, and that internal economic rebalancing will be painful.
What looks on the outside like a solid structure can break into pieces
overnight.
Construction workers cannot become software developers
overnight.
Would-be financiers cannot adjust to these plans
overnight.
It is a phenomenon that has been many years in the making, that cannot be eliminated overnight, and that increasingly fuels social and political disruptions.
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