Bracing for Stagnation

So I was bracing myself for the moment.

What is going on? Are China and India bracing for war?

I know all about shoring and bracing...

It seems Thailand is bracing for more storm and perhaps more YouTube clips.

I step out, bracing for my head to be covered and my wrists handcuffed.

So far, six political parties have registered and are bracing themselves for the forthcoming general election.

Bahrain's bloggers are bracing themselves for their 32nd Bloggers' Gathering on September 1, announces Mahmood Al Yousif.

So Dutch embassies are bracing themselves for violent demonstrations, and the government is considering special security measures.

At present nearly 200,000 internally displaced people in camps near Jalalabad are bracing themselves for a severe winter.

They are bracing for a 2007 US growth slowdown that already has taken place with little consequence for both the US and European economies.

Indeed, emerging market economies are bracing for a serious bout of it together with the dire political consequences that it will bring.

Even before the hurricane, while Jamaicans were bracing for Dean's arrival, it was clear that an election postponement would be all but inevitable.

Why, we've spent tens of thousands of dollars to find out the key words like bracing and zestful.

Pessimistic Europeans are behind the curve. They are bracing for a 2007 US growth slowdown that already has taken place with little consequence for both the US and European economies.

As Eid Al Fitr (the end of Ramadan) approaches, women in Egypt are bracing themselves for even more sexual harassment than what has already become a disturbing norm.

Movement of packages may also be prevented by filling any voids by the use of dunnage or by blocking and bracing.

Official forecasts for Russian GDP growth in 2009 remain positive, but most analysts, including government officials, are bracing for a severe recession which, indeed, appears to have started in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Treatment options vary depending on the type of arthritis and include physical therapy, lifestyle changes (including exercise and weight control), orthopedic bracing, medications.

The government is meanwhile bracing itself for the day, and has blocked access to Egypt's last remaining ISP, to stop the world from hearing the voices of Egyptians on the ground.

Skepticism might not be as bracing as freedom, but it s something we could have used a bit more of in the past few years.

The Malaysians, on the other hand, are bracing for more waves of violence in the troubled border region, as other militant groups disagreed with the peace talks, sparking a surge of deadly attacks there.

A further 2.5 million were internally displaced. Over 1 million men and 250,000 women and children died in the war. At present, nearly 200,000 people are internally displaced in camps near Jalalabad, bracing for a severe winter.

In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case.

We talked of rude and simple times, when men sat about large fires in cold, bracing weather, with clear heads and when other dessert failed, we tried our teeth on many a nut which wise squirrels have long since abandoned, for those which have the thickest shells are commonly empty.

By the same token, it is only appropriate, now that South Africa is bracing to face the new challenges of national reconciliation and economic development, that the international community should also respond accordingly by shifting gears from sanctions towards cooperation.

For For For

For better, for worse. For richer, for poorer.

For...for...for my nation.

On the one hand, our need for security, for predictability, for safety, for dependability, for reliability, for permanence.

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers.

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

For you, for me, for the humanity.

This is a day for curiosity and for scepticism, for openness and for critical thinking, for inspiration and for action.

For... for what?

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Chemo for chemical, kine for kinetic, for moving.

But we also have an equally strong need men and women for adventure, for novelty, for mystery, for risk, for danger, for the unknown, for the unexpected, surprise you get the gist for journey, for travel.

There's enough for you for me and for you and there's enough for

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine

For Turkey, For Europe

'For you, for me'

For man, for woman.

For journey, for travel.