Nevertheless, American and European economic advisers generally believe that a short sharp stimulus will be enough to restore economic growth.

An epigram is a short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterized by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

Indeed, after its recent sharp appreciation, the renminbi could turn out to be a prime target for short sellers.

Nevertheless, American and European economic advisers generally believe that a short sharp stimulus will be enough to restore economic growth. This is wrong.

For America today, the real question is only whether there will be a short, sharp downturn, or a more prolonged, but shallower, slowdown.

One cannot rule out a couple of quarters of sharp GDP growth as the inventory cycle and the massive policy boost lead to a short term revival.

Ms. Donna Sharp, Senior Partner, Sharp Global Partners Ltd., United States

Simple sharp

Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

Indeed, the short, sharp shock that China absorbed from the financial crisis has proven that its economic growth still depends on consumer demand in America, Europe, and Japan and will for some time to come.

The Indian response was swift and sharp.

I looked away and heard a sharp scream.

The words were simple yet sharp and touching

This lending squeeze resulted in a sharp drop in GDP and employment, while the sharp sell off in assets ensured further declines.

The knife is not sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

Come at ten o'clock sharp.

Even short of an actual military conflict which could double oil prices overnight the resumption of saber rattling by Israel and the war of words between the two sides could lead to a sharp rise in energy costs.

This move attracted sharp criticisms online.

In music, sharp, dièse (from French), or diesis (from Greek) means higher in pitch and the sharp symbol raises a note by a half tone.

Asia and Europe have experienced sharp falls in fertility rates.

In April 2010, the leader of this school, Harvard University s Alberto Alesina, assured European finance ministers that even sharp reductions of budget deficits have been accompanied and immediately followed by sustained growth rather than recessions even in the very short run.

However, because the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals requires a sharp upward turn in overall ODA spending over the next few years, new ways to finance a steep increase in the short and medium terms are well worth exploring.

But the division is not that sharp.

We need a sharp focus on conventional balance and arms control.

There were also sharp differences within and between the two movements.

The survey that Karl Case and I conducted in May and June of this year, under the auspices of the Yale School of Management, shows sharp declines in short term expectations for home prices in the US, but relatively little change in long term expectations.

The effects of fiscal austerity a sharp rise in taxes and a sharp fall in government spending since the beginning of the year are undermining economic performance even more.

He's at the sharp knife edge of this problem.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

The sharp fiscal retrenchment that has now started throughout southern Europe should contribute further to a sharp deceleration, if not outright fall, in domestic demand there.

How sharp of hearing , how sharp of sight they will be when they come to Us . But today , these evil doers are obviously lost in error .

What's good? Short, short bullet points.

You land on a set of sharp iron spikes! More

Fortunately, Straw s example does not pose such a sharp dilemma.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

They also often offer examples of sharp contrasts in achievements.

Yet consumer confidence, capital expenditure, and hiring have yet to take a sharp hit.

Being physically present at work means direct contact with other sharp and creative minds.

It had a particularly large head, in length, with wide jaws and sharp teeth.

After the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, the rapid expansion of the money supply in the US and the UK triggered a sharp appreciation of the Japanese yen, as well as of some emerging market currencies. In short, QE is what merits concern not its termination.

The number of the light rays in the Sun of the Presidential Seal were reduced to 16 (8 long and 8 short light rays, all of them sharp edged) in order to symbolize the 16 Turkic states in history, with another legal amendment on February 18, 1978.

Ye have no other Allah save Him ! And give not short measure and short weight .