The Hard Right Goes Soft

Liliane sees Lebanon being torn apart between two factions

Some forecasters predict a soft landing, but differ on the growth rate.

Webster disposed of the body by dismembering it, boiling the flesh off the bones, and throwing most of the remains into the River Thames.

and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.

And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee it shall be unto you most holy.

Such tactics, in which banks are nudged, not coerced, into investing in government debt, constitute soft financial repression.

He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

This disaster requires a continued commitment for the long term rehabilitation and reconstruction of the social and economic fabric that has been shredded in all the countries affected by the tsunami.

For two years, I searched for a fiber that could survive ultraviolet rays, salt, air, pollution, and at the same time remain soft enough to move fluidly in the wind.

But it has nothing to do with the significance and complexity of the tectonic historical forces now grinding their way forward, straining and beginning to tear asunder the region s political landscape.