Scot Lehigh Patrick's plan for education Jun 25, 2008
Patrick, however, is sanguine. "They were there in the development of these recommendations and they will be there as the concrete proposals are developed, because they want to be a part of reform," he says. (Boston Globe)
LETTERS: NCT, June 19, 2008 Jun 20, 2008
I care, and I am not sanguine with my answers -- Ill listen to yours. DD Wiz wrote on Jun 19, 2008 4:55 PM:The posts from "Ron" (9:54am, 12:24pm, 2:13pm, 2:36pm and 3:21pm) show he has not learned anything from prior discussions. (North County Times)
Woods' sport faces void with its superstar out for season Jun 19, 2008
How doctors can help mitigate the pain during tournaments: "Icing is good, and there are medications we can give athletes to reduce swelling. But really, they have to tough it out. That's a specialty athletes have. They're not only among the top 1/10 percent in terms of physical toughness, but they have mental toughness, too. It's the will to win that propels these guys. He tried to play with a knee that didn't have an anterior cruciate ligament, and it caught up to him. But I am sanguine about... (USA Today -- Sports)
Israel and Hamas agree to cease-fire Jun 18, 2008
But others in Israel were less sanguine. "This is a great victory for Hamas and Iran, and it's a great failure on behalf of Israel," said Yuval Steinitz, a leading member of the opposition Likud party, which favors an invasion of Gaza aimed at dismantling Hamas. (Boston Globe)
You're Saving Enough for Retirement (Probably) Jun 14, 2008
Another economist, Laurence Kotlikoff, is famous for his calculations that the U.S. government has run up a staggering implicit debt in the form of Medicare and Social Security promises, but he seems sanguine about private saving. Kotlikoff believes that the savings plans that tend to be recommended by the "retirement calculators" on investment-company Web sites recommend saving too much and buying too much insurance. (Slate)
Golden horizon Jun 13, 2008
com is much more sanguine than that, and says, "Five years ago I was certain that the gold price would double, or triple, from its then $300 an ounce price level. I bet large and it paid off. I am now becoming equally convinced that US interest rates are going to soar and I am going to bet big again. US dollar inflation, as measured by M3, is currently more than 17% per year, the highest level of inflation since M3 was created in 1959.". We all know that creating all that excess money and credit... (Asia Times Online)
Monthly growth in unemployment rate is biggest in over 20 years Jun 10, 2008
Investors, who had recently grown more sanguine about prospects for the economy, suddenly confronted the specter of extended job losses compounding the continuing effects of falling home values and soaring gasoline prices. Worries are growing that consumer spending will give way, denting corporate earnings and further pressuring stock prices. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Economy)
Should You Sweat The 'Recession'? Jun 9, 2008
Yet for all the moping and maneuvering, plenty of entrepreneurs are feeling surprisingly sanguine. "I lived through the double-digit inflation of the 1970s, and the country survived very nicely," says David Griffith, co-founder of Texzon Utilities, an energy brokerage in Waxahachie, Texas. (Forbes)
Everyday Air Pollution May Cause Stroke, Say Researchers Jun 3, 2008
That brings to mind a question: why are people so relatively sanguine about environmental human health issues. If a drug harms a handful of people, outrage and condemnations of industry and FDA incompetence erupt within days. (Wired News)
Questions of how much Obama can redo the map May 28, 2008
Marty Wiseman, director of the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University, is more sanguine about Obama's chances, arguing that his plan to end the war in Iraq will draw more white, rural voters than people might expect. "You can have a conversation anywhere in the state and you never run into a, 'Hell yeah, let's send some more folks and keep on going and kick some butt,' " he said. (Boston Globe)
State of Corruption May 28, 2008
Not all social critics are as sanguine. Forsome, Olmert's alleged wrongdoing is just the tip of the iceberg. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Is The Party Over For Republicans? May 23, 2008
"A generation of young Americans has been lost to our party," worries former Bush speechwriter David 000018A9 Frum in Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again, the content of which is far less sanguine than the title suggests. "Conservatives have conspicuously failed to earn [Americans'] trust on most domestic policy questions," write journalists Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam in Grand New Party, which argues that Bush's plutocratic policies have begun to alienate even many on the right. (CBS News)
Rock the marketHedge funds are under pressure but their annual party goes on May 22, 2008
" It's all in stark contrast to last year's event, when hedge funds et al were in their pomp, commanding record-breaking fees and contributing to all-time highs on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. That was then and this is now. Banks are commonly acknowledged to be going through a credit shock not seen since the Great Depression, with some, including Bear Stearns and Northern Rock, going to the wall. Even the world's largest and more profitable banks are so suspicious of each other's ability to... (BBC News -- Business)
Retirement: Gen X faces much tougher future than boomers May 20, 2008
In the 2008 survey, even fewer 16% felt so sanguine. Lori Brown, 40, a hairdresser in DeKalb, Ill. (USA Today -- Money)
Winding road becomes China lifeline May 15, 2008
Others were not so sanguine. Yuan Ming Qiang and his family have been living under a tarp with two other families with no electricity and little food since the quake leveled their homes. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Are we there yet? May 10, 2008
" The broader sharemarket outlook is patchy at best. Don Williams, the chief investment officer of the equities fund manager Platypus Asset Management, cites profit growth forecasts for the ASX 200 of a little above zero in both financial years 2008 and 2009. He says the ability of companies to be valued more highly by investors (and therefore increase their price-earnings ratio, a consistent feature of the previous bull market) has disappeared in a period of cost pressures, higher interest... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
The indie-rock fall and rise of R.E.M. May 9, 2008
The misstatement that the economy expanded in the first quarter creates an inappropriately sanguine view of the months ahead and therefore reduces the prospect of strong action to prevent the deep decline that may otherwise occur. Meanwhile, Brad DeLong, a deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury during the Clinton administration, splits the difference and says "it looks like it's the weakest possible not-recession.". (Salon)
'Beat up' Bolts on healing path May 3, 2008
Gates conceded uncertainty at the timeline but was sanguine about his chances for suiting up in September. It's crazy how far I've come in this short period of time, said Gates, who had surgery on his big toe at the end of February. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Maliki tries to rally Arabs behind Iraq Apr 23, 2008
Rice seemed sanguine about aid to Iraq, saying that debt relief was on the way and that diplomatic issues would soon be resolved. The Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, speaking to reporters alongside Rice and the Turkish foreign minister, Ali Babacan, said, "we have to be patient with our Arab brothers.". (International Herald Tribune)
Merck And Schering's Uneasy Alliance Apr 23, 2008
Schering, on the other hand, may not be able to be as sanguine about a big hit to Vytorin and Zetia, which are its biggest drugs, though many on Wall Street think the entire cholesterol franchise has been priced out of the stock. Chief Executive had been painting the company as a turnaround story, but shares have now given back all the gains made in his tenure. (Forbes -- Business)
McCouture: outfits get design touch Apr 23, 2008
But Oldfield is sanguine, partly because of experience in designing uniforms in the past, when he restyled the Norwich City football kit. The main peril for designers, he said, is they often don't think about practicalities: "I saw a TV show the other day with Trinny and Susannah and they had to redesign the uniforms of a hospital and, well, you should have seen the silly things they were fussing about! I wanted to ring them up to complain! Actually, I wanted to wring their necks.". (Guardian Unlimited)
Uncle Ralph's rapture Apr 19, 2008
The hallway opens to a central dining area, where a team of sanguine young nurses navigate a grid of nine square tables, around which the residents sit, many bound to their wheelchairs, their heads flung back, their jaws agape. In the room's far corner, my mum spots her uncle Ralph, transformed not only by the decades, but also by a devastating neurological condition. (Guardian Unlimited)
Policy Points: The politics of tough choices during tough fiscal times Apr 16, 2008
TOM TRIMARCO, FORMER GOP TREASURY, EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL: Far too sanguine an appraisal of where we are. Right now we are avoiding hard realities. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Morse is still the BAA's go-to Guy for the Marathon Apr 15, 2008
Through it all, Morse has remained his usual sanguine self, the tranquil presence at the center of the annual April whirlwind. "I take my hat off to Guy," salutes Bill Rodgers, the four-time Boston champion who also was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. (Boston Globe)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Ecuadoran heroes who took on Chevron Apr 15, 2008
There are huge holes in his story which will be brought into view by the more sanguine, less politically correct crowd. Obama is at his core an elitist. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Homework timeBank bosses seek to learn the lessons of the credit crunch Apr 12, 2008
Despite the current turmoil, Dr Ackermann is pretty sanguine about the future. "I think there have been some positive signals in the markets in the last few days. We need a phase of relatively stable markets. We had that several times in the last six months, but then there was a new shock somewhere in the world which led to volatility and instability. "We need confidence to come back and investors to come back to the market. (BBC News -- Business)
Feature story: Back to school Apr 11, 2008
Amini-Holmes is sanguine about the rejection letters she's received in this competitive field. "Unfortunately, everyone thinks they can write a children's book," she said, laughing and vowing to continue shopping her book around. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Pakistan Mulls Talking with Terrorists Apr 11, 2008
While that nationalist rhetoric has prompted concerns in the U.S. that Washington is losing control of a vital element in the war on terror, military commanders in the region are more sanguine. Letting a newly democratic Pakistan, which enjoys the support of its citizens, take the lead may in fact work in America's favor, says one if America is willing to be a little patient. (Time.com)
Aloha gets funding to continue flying cargo Apr 10, 2008
"I'm not at all sanguine there will be an agreement," he said. Linsey said the central issue for the union is the retention of Aloha pilots when the new owner of the cargo division takes over. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Transcript of a Press Conference on the Spring 2008 Global Financial Stability Report by Jaime Caruana, Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, with Laura Kodres and Peter Dattels, Division Chiefs in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department Apr 10, 2008
What have you learned over the past year that changed your view of the financial system and what are you doing to make sure that this kind of sanguine approach does not lead to other forecasts that might be slightly misleading. MR. CARUANA: I think everybody has learned a lot, and at the beginning we thought that the subprime could be an important element, but at the beginning it was more of a contained problem in the United States. (IMF News)
Newsweek: Lessons from Basra Apr 4, 2008
Despite a spate of early grim assessments of Basra in the U.S. media, U.S. military observers on the ground in Iraq are more sanguine, says McCaffrey, who has long been a critic of the war. Yes, Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia has held on to its weapons and much of its turf. (MSNBC -- International)
CBSNEWSNYT POLL: 81% SAY NATION HEADED ON WRONG TRACK... Apr 4, 2008
When looking at the current state of their own finances, Americans remain relatively sanguine. that their financial situation was fairly good or very good, a number that has dropped only modestly since 2006. (The Drudge Report)
Back in Baghdad Apr 4, 2008
Unlike the bus driver, I was far from sanguine about the surge; I had seen too many military plans promise much and deliver little. But by the end of the year, Hammadi's optimism was looking prescient. (Time.com)
Marc Wehrs: Call for lower gas prices goes ... to whom? Mar 27, 2008
Not everyone was as sanguine about the project s prospects as the officials discussing their ideas at Tuesday s forum. Athenry wrote: Let me guess: another TIF district that will cover from the interstate to City Hall. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Rare condition may be causeof W. Boca cheerleader's death Mar 26, 2008
" Stanziale asked. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has a database of 1.4 million plastic surgery procedures performed in accredited outpatient surgery centers and it has never seen a case of malignant hyperthermia, said Dr. Michael McGuire, a spokesman for the society and an associate professor at UCLA. Rosenberg, of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association, said statistics are hard to come by and range from one in 5,000 to one in 60,000. "We just don't have good data on this," he said.... (The Palm Beach Post)
Rare condition might have triggered cheerleader's death Mar 26, 2008
"We have become sanguine about this, it's just a lift, a tuck, an implant. But at the end of the day you are still cutting someone open and doing something that's ordinary only after it's a success," said Kenneth Goodman, director of the University of Miami's Bioethics program. Despite the risks, the number of cosmetic procedures has skyrocketed in recent years, particularly among those 18 and younger. (The Palm Beach Post)
Bernanke's About-Face Mar 17, 2008
" As recently as last summer, Wall Street executives grumbled privately that Bernanke was too disengaged from the real world, too slow to understand the plight caused by bad mortgages and too hesitant about lowering interest rates. But Bernanke has become Wall Street's most important and most powerful friend. Executives are praising him for his creativity and willingness to act boldly. The question now is whether the Fed is already too late and whether it has enough power to stabilize the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Federal Reserve chief shifts approach Mar 16, 2008
The mounting crisis has forced Bernanke, a former professor of economics, to discard the sanguine view of the nation's economic health that he expressed last summer. He has also abandoned his skepticism about the need to calm financial markets and set aside his concerns about the "moral hazard" of bailing out big financial institutions. (Boston Globe)
Runway extension: Really about safety? Mar 15, 2008
With neither side sanguine about a vote that promises to be tight, both proponents and opponents of the extension will spend the next month feverishly looking to sway opinion and votes. How successful they are will only be known when it comes down to that final, most important number. (Florida Times-Union)
Parsing the great Ohio NAFTA pander Mar 2, 2008
However, this sanguine analysis assumes that America's anti-NAFTA mood is just about NAFTA. But if it is about more, if the U.S. electorate is really taking aim at globalization, the next American president will be under pressure to do much more. All trade agreements will be at risk, including those of the WTO. In particular, trade with China will come under the gun. (Toronto Star)
Big banks back in value stakes Feb 25, 2008
Traders on the Sydney Futures Exchange were a little less sanguine, the March share price index futures contract ending the day up 88 at 5609, a slight discount to the physical. CommSec's chief equities economist, Craig James, said financial stocks were buoyed by speculation that US banks were putting together a rescue plan to bail out bond insurer Ambac Financial, a deal that could prevent further damage to the banking industry and credit markets. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Post a comment Feb 21, 2008
As Barack maintains his impressively sanguine nonchalance in the face of Hillary s barrage of criticism, it s not suprising that voters are drifting towards Barack in their droves. Posted by: George Darley-Doran 20 February 2008. (International Herald Tribune)
A debt to Default-Happiness Feb 16, 2008
Yogi is amazingly sanguine in the face of the subprime crisis, given his manifest inability to honour his six-figure debt. "Bone," he explained, "I'm in debt, but I'm Default-Happy. We Default-Happy folks have a simple approach to life. We load ourselves up with debt, then we default on it. Then we do it again. There are millions of Default-Happy people all over the world. We all just keep borrowing and borrowing and then - whammo! - we walk away. It's a sort of global financial suicide pact,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Colts' Harrison, 2 others likely won't be in camp Feb 15, 2008
"He's still going through some therapy, but they are much more sanguine about getting it under control," Polian said. "The short version is that all the news is good.". (ESPN -- Football News)
East Timor reels from coup attempt Feb 13, 2008
Others, however, are more sanguine. Taufik Darusman, a politician with the New Indonesia Party, does not believe that resistance will intensify after Reinado's death. (Asia Times Online)
Republic Urban Properties heads to Las Vegas to work Feb 10, 2008
Despite the gloomy predictions for the Las Vegas market, RUP is sanguine about the Moulin Rouge's future. The area has been slated for redevelopment by the city, so it anticipates receiving the city's support. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Video of Obama speech catches fire on YouTube Feb 7, 2008
Obama's camp is predictably sanguine. "When supporters act in big and small ways to reach out to folks still making up their minds, all those acts can make an impact," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said from Chicago on Tuesday. (Boston Globe)
'T-Rays' Could Reveal Hidden Art Feb 5, 2008
Current methods of imaging underdrawings can't detect certain art materials such as graphite or sanguine, a red chalk that some of the masters are believed to have used. The team of researchers, which includes scientists at the Louvre Museum, Picometrix, LLC and U-M, used terahertz imaging to detect colored paints and a graphite drawing of a butterfly through 4 mm of plaster. (Science Daily)
No foolish grin for Matthew McConaughey Feb 4, 2008
McConaughey is equally sanguine about his highly memorable turn as infantile ladies' man Wooderson in Dazed and Confused. On cue, the actor reverts back to Wooderson's lewd drawl, delivering that line beloved by slackers: "That's what I love about these high school girls, man.". (USA Today)
U.S. can learn from Japan's deflated economy in the 1990s Jan 22, 2008
That optimism, however, like the cheery forecasts in the early days of Japan's prolonged slump, may prove overly sanguine, according to a significant new study. The research paper, by Harvard University's Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland, found widespread parallels among 18 industrial-nation banking crises since World War II.. (USA Today -- Money)
Bon Jovi's good medicine on rumours and US politics Jan 19, 2008
Yesterday, he was far from sanguine about his own political ambitions. Gossip about Bon Jovi went into overdrive when a New York paper reported he had hired the talents of political consultant Ken Sunshine. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
More selling likely on NZ sharemarket Jan 18, 2008
Local investors had been sanguine and no panic evident, but many had been ringing for advice. "We are having to do a bit of reassuring," Mr Lindsay said, noting it was senseless to sell because everyone was. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
China and India Try to Make Up Jan 18, 2008
Others may be less sanguine about Sino-Indian consensus. The two countries, whose emerging markets are still driven by coal-fired industry, quickly found common ground on climate change agreeing that the onus of curbing carbon emissions was not on them. (Time.com)
* The end of plastic bags, almost Jan 15, 2008
On Friday, shopkeepers in Beijing who hand out 2 billion bags a year were sanguine about the prospect of no longer wrapping everything in plastic so thin that it can only be used once, and of paying a small tax on all other plastic bags. "No one has said anything to us about it yet, but I guess they will in June when the rule starts. I think it will be inconvenient but we'll just charge for them. I'm sure we'll get used to it," said Wang Jing, a sales assistant at a 24-hour supermarket. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain Jan 15, 2008
His father, now 83, has never apologised, but Dully remains astonishingly sanguine about the operation and the chequered legacy it left him. For years after the lobotomy, he was in and out of mental institutions, jails and halfway houses. (Guardian Unlimited)
The 'World Wide Computer'—Another HAL? Jan 15, 2008
But he's hardly sanguine about the results. He sees mankind increasingly laboring for this machine, continually feeding it with data about our every keystroke, e-mail, purchase, or movement. (BusinessWeek)
Atlanta boat show opens Jan 11, 2008
Not all boaters have Levy's sanguine attitude about lake levels or his financial wherewithal. But the 250 or so vendors at this year's event are counting on the public's love of watercraft to overcome two sobering storm clouds. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fears of a U.S. recession mount Jan 10, 2008
Most economists have been sanguine about European growth amid weaker U.S. activity, but an economic contraction is another matter. European stocks fell sharply Wednesday on concern that European consumers will not be able to pick up the slack as exports slow under the pressure of a strong euro and weaker global growth, particularly in the United States. (International Herald Tribune)
Pakistanis venture forth after tumult Jan 1, 2008
Investors were less sanguine, sending the benchmark Karachi stock exchange plummeting Monday nearly 5% on its first day of trading since the assassination of the woman many Pakistanis had hoped might put their nation back on a more democratic path. The rupee fell to its lowest rate in years against the dollar. (Los Angeles Times)
Doctor helps BBC win festive ratings battle Dec 27, 2007
ITV has tended to be sanguine because advertisers spend most of their money with the broadcaster before and after Christmas, but it has made more of an effort to compete in recent years. Yet only Coronation Street, which also climaxed with the dramatic revelation of a simmering love triangle, beat a BBC1 rival during the evening. (Guardian Unlimited)
Scientist Shearer brings odd bedfellows together to save the Earth Dec 25, 2007
"A faster, sleeker, trippier boat. And that's one of the reasons the Prius did well here. "While we need to be very sanguine about what the problems are on the planet, we need to create exciting, realistic, solution packages that capture the imagination," he said. "It's just too dire without creating some excitement. " E-mail Joe Garofoli at . This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle Comments REPAIR Nat'l Co . seeks indep a place to grow St. Regis Hotel is seeking...... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nuns Leave Brains To Science Dec 22, 2007
As for the possibility of developing Alzheimer's, she is sanguine: "If it happens, it happens. It's part of God's plan.". . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Nuns elect to leave brains to science Dec 22, 2007
As for the possibility of developing Alzheimer's, she is sanguine: "If it happens, it happens. It's part of God's plan." ... As for the possibility of developing Alzheimer's, she is sanguine: "If it happens, it happens. It's part of God's plan.". (USA Today)
Heart problem delays release of Scot on death row Dec 21, 2007
Mr Richey's lead lawyer, Ken Parsigian, was more sanguine. "We did want to get this over with," he told local reporters in Ohio. (Independent)
Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's oldest monarch Dec 20, 2007
Buckingham Palace was sanguine about Thursday's landmark. "Others have noticed the date, but it's nothing that we were thinking about marking," said the spokeswoman. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
