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Fortunately, the pendulum has begun to swing back toward cooperation.
For society as a whole, it can swing the balance from recession to growth.
And, as the IMF recently found, governments often launch infrastructure projects as a way to swing votes in the run-up to elections.
After the ascension in China of Xi Jinping, regarded by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as its own man, Japan seems set to swing to the right in its impending election – an outcome likely to fuel nationalist passion on both sides of the Sino-Japanese rivalry.
They will wield decisive importance in swing states like Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and Nevada.
The great economist John Maynard Keynes taught that changes in market sentiments – which he called “animal spirits” – have a life of their own; that swings in sentiment could swing an economy.
Depending on how rapidly and deeply such a swing occurs, America could merely slow down (the so-called “soft landing”), or fall into recession (the increasingly feared “hard landing”).
And it’s not as though Congressional Republicans think they owe enough to Simpson for him to swing a single vote in either chamber of the legislature.
Turn Left, Turn RightWARSAW: Electoral fortunes in the transition countries now swing like a pendulum.
FIDESZ’s victory has drawn the day nearer when the Hungarian political pendulum can swing and democracy still flourish.
Perhaps Obama’s successful swing through East Asia will be a source of inspiration.
It is more accurate to see the current mood as a swing of the US foreign policy pendulum between what Columbia University’s Stephen Sestanovich has called “maximalist” policies and “retrenchment” policies.
But behind the scenes, maneuvering and politicking over his replacement are already in full swing.
Likewise, outspoken consumers, using means from protests to social media, can help swing the pendulum on a wide range of issues, from remuneration to corporate responsibility.
The picture is bleaker in the US, where, according to the Congressional Budget Office the amplitude of the swing is double, from about 4% to 1.5%.
Just as she resumed campaigning, there were bombings in New York and New Jersey, and two more police shootings of unarmed African Americans, which spurred demonstrations in North Carolina, a swing state.
Modern science began in Europe 300 years ago with relatively few people – perhaps no more than a thousand when the putative scientific revolution was in full swing.
But it would not be a surprise if the pendulum now starts to swing back in favor of those who would prefer more open systems and a greater degree of meaningful political competition.
Sarkozy’s MomentLONDON – A little more than three years ago, just as the financial crisis was getting into full swing, I published a guide to the international system of financial regulation, Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide.
If we do not manage such policy shifts in the coming years, the world economy will probably swing to the other extreme over the next 50 years.
The swing of $105 billion (from inflow of $93 billion to outflow of $12 billion) equaled about 11 percent of the pre-crisis national incomes of these countries.
This swing in income position set the stage for OPEC’s quadrupling of oil prices in the autumn of 1973.
This incited deflation in dollar-export prices of -5% in 1997 followed by a swing in real interest rates on dollar debts from -4% in 1995 to 10.5% in 1997, ie by 14.5%.
With preparations for the party’s November congress in full swing, a conflict that goes back to the party’s founding is reappearing.
The Republicans thereby became the party of the South, and the Democrats the party of the Northeast and Pacific West, with the Midwest and western mountain states the swing regions.
With Xi’s anti-corruption campaign in full swing, and the example of Bo Xilai’s imprisonment serving as a warning to the new president’s adversaries (no matter how senior they are), Chinese officials at all levels, it is widely believed, are likely to toe the line.
This extraordinary swing of almost $400 billion in the eurozone’s current-account balance did not result from a “competitive devaluation”; the euro has remained strong.
This dramatic swing from under- to overdiagnosis has been fueled by widespread publicity, Internet support and advocacy groups, and the fact that expensive school services are provided only for those who have received the diagnosis.
After a period of rule by supposed ex-communists, this swing is not surprising.
To be sure, security fears in the wake of the Paris attacks could swing some voters toward deciding to stay in the EU.
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