Spirits
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Such was the sense of liberal post-Cold War triumph at the time that many Western countries, especially the United States, saw no reason any longer to contain the animal
spirits
of free enterprise with much government regulation.
Stern’s plan no doubt lifted listeners’
spirits
and drew some voters.
During risk-ons, investors – driven by “animal spirits” – produce bull markets, frothiness, and sometimes outright bubbles; eventually, however, they overreact to some negative shock by becoming too pessimistic, shedding risk, and forcing a correction or bear market.
The confluence of a new COVID-19 wave with the on-again, off-again political debate over another fiscal relief package has effectively neutralized the animal
spirits
that have long powered economic recovery in the US.
But such “wealth effects” and “animal spirits” proved quite feeble.
We should all applaud the local distillery shifting its production from
spirits
to hand sanitizer, or the maker of coffee filters that switches to producing facemasks.
The US economy is in a temporary but potent phase in which weakness abroad lifts
spirits
at home.
If the government is genuinely committed to investing in the Northern Powerhouse Rail initiative, it could add significant momentum to the current progress, mobilizing – literally and figuratively – the animal
spirits
of northern businesses, civic leaders, and citizens.
Western Transparency Is Fueling Chinese RepressionLONDON – Despite repeated government efforts to stimulate the Chinese economy, the country’s animal
spirits
remain depressed.
A decisive Democratic victory would have been a significant boost to the moderate left’s spirits: perhaps all it takes to win is to combine progressive economic policies with attachment to democratic values and basic human decency.
This leaves workers with little choice but to take their efforts, capabilities, and entrepreneurial
spirits
to the informal sector, finding ways to generate income with little or no startup capital.
He spent that evening with his betrothed at the Oblonskys' and was in particularly high
spirits.
Sergius Ivanich was in the best of
spirits
and was tickled by Katavasov's originality.
With light hearts they drank the warm wine and water from the shallow cup, and their
spirits
rose still higher when the priest, throwing back his vestments, took their hands in his and led them round the lectern while a bass voice sang, Rejoice O Isaiah!Young Shcherbatsky and Chirikov, who were supporting the crowns and getting entangled in the bride's train, smiled too and were pleased without knowing why, when they chanced to lag behind or jostle the young couple if the priest happened to stop.
These collisions were often caused by each not realizing what was important to the other, and also by the fact that in those early days they were often in low
spirits.
When one of them was in good
spirits
and the other was not, peace was not broken; but if both chanced to be out of sorts, collisions resulted from causes so trifling as to be incomprehensible.
However, when both were in good
spirits
their happiness was doubled – and yet the early days of their married life were very trying.
Serezha was in too high spirits, too happy not to share with his friend the hall-porter another family joy about which he had heard from Lydia Ivanovna's niece whom he met walking in the Summer Gardens.
Vasily Lukich was in good
spirits
and showed him how to make windmills.
He looked seriously at her, but she answered him with the same provocative glance of high
spirits
or desperation, the meaning of which he could not make out.
Levin, who but a few moments before had been in the brightest of spirits, was now looking dismally at every one, dissatisfied with everything.
Levin was rather afraid Veslovsky would tire out the horses, especially the roan on the left, whom he did not know how to hold in; but he could not resist Veslovsky's high spirits, the songs he sang all the way while sitting on the box, the stories he told, and his representation of the English way of driving four-in-hand; and after lunch they were all in the best of
spirits
when they reached the Gvozdevo marsh.
After living in Moscow, especially in the bosom of his family, Oblonsky always felt his
spirits
flag.
I dine, drink a little, and feel strong and full of
spirits.
Oblonsky was in low spirits, a thing that rarely happened to him, and could not fall asleep for a long time.
He was already accustomed to these transitions, and to-day was specially glad, because he himself was in the best of
spirits.
No more disputes arose; on the contrary, after dinner every one was in the best of
spirits.
Koznyshev too was in good
spirits
and at tea, led on by his brother, expounded his views of the future of the Eastern question, and did it so simply and well that every one listened attentively.
Must I spit in your face before people to get your
spirits
up?"Becoming very red, he broke some bricks and threw them.
An old man stammered forgotten prayers, bending his thumbs backwards to appease the evil
spirits
of the mine.
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