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And they found things like, when you see crystal meth on the street, if you add police presence, you can curb the otherwise inevitable
spate
of assaults and robberies that would happen.
You're probably aware that there have been a
spate
of those directed against the U.S. financial sector since 2012.
I don't know if you've noticed, but there's been a
spate
of books that have come out lately contemplating or speculating on the cognition and emotional life of dogs.
He visits his local psychiatrist to see if he is losing his marbles; this proves to be a bad idea, since the shrink is actually a crazy murderer responsible for a
spate
of grisly killings.
There is not much to say about this one except that it is probably the worst of the early
spate
of zombie movies (I may get to watch another one, REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES [1936], before the month is out).
The success of the original French "Emmanuelle" series (I've only watched the first, which wasn't too bad considering) led to a
spate
of imitations; the Italian counterpart, which even changed the race of its heroine, was clearly less polished and more exploitative - descending more and more into vulgarity as the series went along.
The local police have had a
spate
of grave robberies to deal with & when local barmaid Sue Layton (Ceia Coley) suspicions grow that something nasty is going on.
Of the
spate
of Austen films from the 1990s, this is my favorite, more even than "Persuasion," which was the one that converted me to Austeniana.
There's been a
spate
of recent surfing movies that I seem to haphazardly run across without advance warning.
After The Wild Bunch had pushed back a few boundaries in terms of violence, especially within the western genre, there followed a
spate
of similar westerns.
Their Captain (Harry Gorsuch) is piling on the pressure, and they also have to deal with a sudden
spate
of suicides among criminals.
Released alongside a
spate
of similar middle-age-crazy comedy-dramas (including MacLaine's "Loving Couples", which she made back-to-back with "Seasons"), this one has the added appeal of seeing serious-minded Hopkins romancing Bo Derek (fresh off her triumph in "10" and usually out of her clothes).
Created by Glen A. Larson, the master of late-1970's TV Sci-Fi, this is the best of the
spate
of Star Wars clones.
This
spate
of amateurish horse-pucky had left me disillusioned.
The commercial success of documentaries in recent years has led to a
spate
of money moving into various projects that would have never been seen in theaters five years ago.
This film proves that labored, unfunny "comedies" were being produced long before the current
spate
of mindless garbage began spewing from our television and movie screens.
Out of the
spate
of Van Damme wannabes that emerged in the late 80s/early 90s, you have to go a long way to find one who outshines the great Jeff Wincott.
But the field’s credibility is also being undermined from within, by the growing prevalence of scientific misconduct – reflected in a recent
spate
of retracted scientific publications – and an increasingly unbalanced scientific workforce that faces perverse incentives.
Much political rhetoric, and a
spate
of new books, would have us believe that the US is now in a dangerous state of funk.
In his classic 1944 book International Currency Experience, Ragnar Nurkse argued that reflationary policies following the collapse of the gold standard of the 1920s operated by lowering currencies’ foreign exchange value, with the 1931 devaluation of the British pound unleashing a
spate
of competitive devaluations worldwide.
Yet the recent
spate
of central bank actions and their timing (notwithstanding considerable diversity in terms of domestic economic conditions) suggests that interest-rate cuts and nonconventional forms of easing, if not competitive, are certainly contagious.
To the extent that this new lending is based on Africa’s strengthening economic fundamentals, the recent
spate
of sovereign-bond issues is a welcome sign.
Rising interest rates, high inflation, and severe policy gridlock amid a
spate
of government corruption scandals have impeded both foreign and domestic investment in India, thus slowing economic growth to a level that is below its potential.
Pakistan – another major state sponsor of terrorism – is also seeing its chickens coming home to roost, with a
spate
of terrorist attacks.
For example, Singapore is harnessing its near-complete fiber-optic network to reduce urban congestion by introducing a
spate
of measures encouraging workers to telecommute.
The
spate
of sex scandals is a sign of more serious corruption and degradation than most commentators seem to realize.
Moving From Debt to Equity in ChinaHONG KONG – A
spate
of recent commentary has been warning of the vertiginous rise in China’s debt, which jumped from 148% of GDP in 2007 to 249% at the end of the third quarter of 2015.
Even the International Monetary Fund’s forecast of a modest improvement in 2013 is predicated on the government’s ability to breathe life into a
spate
of stalled economic reforms.
The Debate About Debating IslamPARIS – The argument began when the Algerian novelist and journalist Kamel Daoud wrote an article for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica about a
spate
of sexual assaults in Cologne, Germany, on New Year’s Eve, 2015.
But even with such favorable initial conditions in “stocks,” the combination of record or near-record twin deficits financed through reserve losses and US dollar-denominated debt has led to a
spate
of credit-rating downgrades, with the most recent coming from Fitch last week.
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