Pre-Birth Defects Oct 29, 2008
On the other hand, purveyors of the tests are way too sanguine about information being value-neutral. Pro-lifers have a legitimate worry, and the rest of us should think about it: In ways that are not entirely rational, genetic tests can shift a couple's presumption from continuing a pregnancy to aborting it. (Slate)
Region's drop in jobless rate could be short-lived Oct 28, 2008
Pittsburgh is not an island," Mr. Price said. Somewhat more sanguine are economist Harold Miller of , and John G. Craig Jr., retired Post-Gazette editor and president of the Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Consortium. They cite the continued job gains and the record-size labor force as positives, particularly when compared with similar benchmark cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, Phoenix and Miami. "Two of the major industries driving our economy -- health care and higher education -- are not... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
DOCTOR'S FIGHT: How one neurologist spent decades getting drug to market Oct 28, 2008
Marshall, who oversaw one study that led to FDA approval, is sanguine about the drawn-out process. Thanks to the agency's rigorous requirements for licensure, he says, "we know much more about tetrabenazine's effects its side effects and its potentially good effects.". (USA Today)
Leonard Pitts: Troy Davis spared for now; will real justice ever be done? Oct 27, 2008
There are few things less perfect than human beings, after all, yet that's what is required for anyone to feel even marginally sanguine about this custom of state-sponsored death: perfection. We need to believe that in this most somber of endeavors, unlike in all others, human beings will somehow magically make no mistakes, get everything right, be flawless. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Many reasons still for Obama to worry, and McCain to hope Oct 26, 2008
Other Obama supporters are more sanguine. Barbara Anderson, a 66-year-old retired teacher from Richmond, said she marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Richmond and Petersburg, Va. (Boston Globe)
The 1000mph jet car Oct 26, 2008
He remains sanguine about the dangers: It s all about risk minimisation and risk management, he says, demonstrating the sort of calm logic that earned him a first-class degree in mathematics from Oxford. It would be wrong to say I m not nervous about it, but I m sure there is a very high probability that the goal can be achieved. (Times Online)
UGA's got to impress, not just win Oct 22, 2008
I may be overly sanguine about Georgia s chances. I may be a homer, a die-hard fan looking at the world through red-and-black-colored glasses. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Russia striving to modernize military, U.S. notes with interest, not alarm Oct 20, 2008
When asked to assess what seemed to be a Russian resurgence, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have provided the same sanguine response, echoed down through the ranks of government analysts who have spent years reading obscure Russian military journals and scrutinizing classified satellite photographs. The Russian military fell to third world standards from neglect and budget cuts in the turbulent years when Boris Yeltsin was... (International Herald Tribune)
Is This the End of Conservatism? Oct 16, 2008
But there are a few problems with that sanguine approach. In the first place, the Democrats can, with a super-majority, change the rules of the game. (Townhall.com)
Real estate industry seeks to quell fears Oct 10, 2008
Given the emerging lessons of the U.S. and U.K. crises, and given the parallels that we believe exist in Canada, we cannot understand how one can dismiss the risk that an adverse feedback loop between the housing market and the financial sector could produce a rather worse outcome for both, in Canada, than the sanguine consensus currently expects, they said in the follow-up report. However, Bank of Nova Scotia economist Derek Holt said that while his company has been more bearish on the economy... (Globe and Mail)
Zero risk,' Maple Leaf Food says Oct 10, 2008
Others were less sanguine about the latest tests. Vinita Dubey, associate medical officer of health at Toronto Public Health, said she would think twice about allowing Maple Leaf cold cuts to be served again to hospital patients and residents of nursing homes. (Globe and Mail)
US wars keep the money flowing Oct 8, 2008
Any analysis that suggested defense budgets would escape impact was too sanguine, she added. Yet a few days later she said the US military wanted an increase of $57 billion in fiscal 2010, about 13. (Asia Times Online)
Palin's look comes before her policies Oct 8, 2008
Further discussion on "taking the gloves off." Not all British commentators are as sanguine about a Palin victory. Martin Samuel at asks why Palin didn't take the gloves off during her debate with Sen. (Anchorage Daily News)
Women losing traction in S.F. politics Oct 5, 2008
"We've kind of become sanguine about women in politics. It's not new and novel anymore. We're almost mainstream.". "They've done studies across the country looking at women in the third phase of life after children are grown and what good candidates they make.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Grand ambitions Oct 3, 2008
" It's easy for him to say that as a thirtysomething man but if this was happening to him at 20 or 22 he wouldn't be quite so sanguine. "That's a great point. I sympathise with people who have had to deal with that at such an age but I feel, at 35, my personality is developed enough to handle that. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Area financial experts weigh in with wariness Oct 3, 2008
University of Missouri Economist Joe Haslag is less sanguine. I'm trying to wrap my head around this, said Haslag. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
New reality slashes campaign promises Oct 3, 2008
He is among the more sanguine. Horney stresses that the $700 billion won t just disappear. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 2, 2008 Oct 3, 2008
Reardon wrote on Oct 2, 2008 6:47 PM:Hardtack: The intensity of passion is muted by the written word, so I am sanguine I shall survive it, but I am fully capable of fending. And offending. (North County Times)
The Second Life of Second Life Oct 3, 2008
Linden Labs, its creator, was surprisingly sanguine about companies fleeing. "Our focus has been to build technology that enables users and then stand back and watch what people do, instead of supporting a particular use of Second Life," says Glenn Fisher, Linden's director of business programs. (FastCompany)
A game of monopoly that changed the rules of British banking Sep 21, 2008
While Daniels said he was excited about the idea of combining the private equity business with his own Development Capital arm, and was sanguine about the extent of the two banks' 60bn property exposure, analysts expect a dramatic scaling-back of the level of risk in the combined group. These kind of exposures were another key reason for the City's nervousness about HBOS shares - and for dissatisfaction with the performance of its chief executive. (guardian.co.uk)
Global central banks unite to offer a lifeline Sep 18, 2008
"The dust may settle and the market may take a more sanguine view in time," McGuire said, "but for now, it looks like a palliative rather than a panacea.". Equity markets, however, took more solace from the injections. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Behind bad baby milk, an ethical gap in China's business Sep 17, 2008
" Yuang is less sanguine. "The problem is structural and systematic" he warns. "If it is not tackled we will see many, many more cases like this, and it will really hurt the Chinese economy, especially its export sector. " Related Stories 06/16/2008 04/24/2008 07/10/2007 Get Monitor stories by e-mail: (Your e-mail address will be protected by csmonitor.com's tough .) Sponsored Links Apparel Awards ies in 48 Hrs Booking Agency Business Resources Free Education Graphic Design - LogoBee Printing... (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
He was hero in one train crash, victim in another Sep 17, 2008
Richard Myles, 58, a supervisor with the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, had been more sanguine. I thought, That ll never happen again, he said as he recovered from surgery at a Los Angeles hospital. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
What to Watch at Tuesday's Fed Meeting Sep 16, 2008
The Committee was sanguine about inflation downplaying increases in prices indexes, saying it expects inflation to moderate later this year and next year. . (Fox News)
CDC: Blacks, gays at high risk for new HIV infections Sep 15, 2008
Wilson, while hopeful that the new figures will bring new attention to an old problem, is less sanguine. He notes that the U.S. doesn't spend enough resources to end the HIV epidemic, that the money doesn't target the groups at highest risk, and that it doesn't use organizations with proven track record of reaching and mobilizing the black community. (CNN)
Center City sanguine amid economic storm Sep 3, 2008
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Kids to parents: get out of my face(book) Aug 31, 2008
Others are less sanguine, voicing their dismay via online groups that decry parental intrusion and offer tips on how to screen them out. Even parenting experts are offering their own tips on Facebook etiquette. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
As inflation peaks, Asian bonds look poised for a rally Aug 31, 2008
Standard Chartered, in a note to clients, said: "At one extreme we have Indonesia, where policy credibility has clearly been earned and the prognosis for the rupiah remains sanguine and hence offshore participation in the bond market remains robust.". Data from the Web site of the Indonesian debt management office show that foreign investors have increased their holdings by more than a third to 106. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Caution: Driver may be surfing the Web Aug 24, 2008
He is not sanguine: he knows of few drivers who follow the example of a colleague, who locks her PDA in the car trunk before setting out so she won't be tempted to put it to use while driving. A laptop will pose a similar problem, even if it remains on the lap of a front-seat passenger. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
The Experts Are Wrong Aug 22, 2008
At this point I must confess to being too sanguine in the past about our big financial institutions. The Fannie and Freddie preferreds I recommended in my June 2 column have been disasters, having fallen 20% to 46% in price. (Forbes -- Markets)
DRMC joins in on request for Medicaid hearing Aug 19, 2008
But Mississippi's hospitals disagreed with this sanguine assessment. Jimmy Blessid, director of Indianola's South Sunflower County Hospital, said the governor's plan will either close us or stop us from providing essential services. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
EPSTEIN: Pole Vaulting Queen FARBER: The Great Wail of China Aug 19, 2008
The tacit corollary is 30 percent of the population -- people like Wang Qingchi -- wouldn't be as sanguine, which, if your abacus is working, is, well, a whole lot of folks. Liu was everywhere in Beijing, yet Liu was nowhere. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Mexico's Whale Sharks Aug 10, 2008
Whale-like only in size, whale sharks are in fact sharks, but they're dolphin-like in their sanguine and playful personalities. They swim around at a leisurely pace, sucking in thousands of gallons of water to filter out microscopic plankton, krill and algae. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Tom Murry, President, Calvin Klein Aug 8, 2008
The brand may have been in India only a year, but Murry is sanguine about a profitable future here. In the mid-80s Calvin Klein was a strong fashion house. (India Times)
Watch Out, Michael Moore Aug 6, 2008
What's new in Portfolio, The New Yorker, Newsweek, and more. - By Morgan Smith - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Why we need CCS - whether you like the idea or not! Aug 1, 2008
Considering those on off peak, those already with panels for the hot water on their roofs, then the overall saving would be around 20% at best of that 35% total for the residential sector, or 7% in total, and that's a pretty sanguine estimate. This would account for the production from but one large coal fired plant, and at a cost of $12 Billion, if those panels could even be supplied in the first place. (ABC Online)
97 comments Jul 28, 2008
"). Some overseas newspapers are painting a different picture of the Obama speech, that it wasn't as exciting and energizing as the US media would have people believe. Not reported in the US media is the fact -- as you mention, Chris -- that there was a free concert given before and after the speech by two very popular entertainers (one a reggae star and the other a German group), that the people mostly showed up to see them and not Obama. German Turks, Americans living or travelling in Germany,... (Human Events Online)
What's Ahead Jul 27, 2008
We are fairly sanguine about the recovery. If anyone thinks this housing bill in Congress is going to fix the housing crisis, they're crazy. (New York Post -- Business)
By-election: A Glasgow kiss for missing Brown? Jul 20, 2008
Mima Bell, treasurer of the health shop a vivid example of what the community can achieve with the right help was sanguine about the sudden attention. "They all think we're half-wits," she said of the politicians swarming over the area in recent days. (Independent)
Growth, but not enough, at Microsoft and Google Jul 18, 2008
Under more sanguine circumstances, the two reports of largely healthy earnings from Microsoft and Google may have soothed investors. But with what seems like a daily dose of bad economic news, Wall Street has been quick to react negatively when Internet companies show signs of weakness. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Woes mount: Economic arrows point toward prolonged pain Jul 16, 2008
Others are more sanguine. Habitual bull Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs predicts the market will move up by year's end. (USA Today -- Money)
U.S. to support mortgage giants Jul 15, 2008
Investors may not be as sanguine, however, according to Chris Johnson, an investment manager and president of Johnson Research Group in Cleveland. Stocks of financial institutions "are going to get clobbered," he predicted. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Truth in Rand fiction Jul 15, 2008
The fundamentalist faith of looters in capitalism explains why they are so sanguine about increasingly extreme measures. Organised business responds with costly lobbying for amelioration. (iAfrica.com)
Greed and bad management pay no heed Jul 13, 2008
" Wendy Craik and Ian Sinclair can't make it rain any more than can Kevin Rudd, despite the $3.7 billion Rudd proposes spending "in principle". Too much lousy management, too many human parasites, too much greed in raping the rivers. Some years ago, Labor's John Kerin, a chook farmer before he became an MP in 1978, made a speech in Parliament about the Murray River. Part of what he said: "I'm not complacent or sanguine about the future of Australia's greatest natural resource. It is my belief... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
interesting forum on Iran at Mother Jones Jul 4, 2008
He is not as sanguine by a long shot (forgiving the pun) as most of the panelists, and his views aren't, well. chopped liver. (Harper's Magazine)
Jantar Mantar Jul 2, 2008
A Million Mutinies on One Tiny Street - TIME. A Million Mutinies on One Tiny Street. (Time.com)
Survey: Consumers are anything but confident Jul 1, 2008
Siena Research study finds little willingness to buy big-ticket items. By , Business writer First published: Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (Albany Times Union)
CEO Interview: GM Jun 27, 2008
" SmartMoney staff writer Reshma Kapadia sat down with Wagoner to discuss how any automotive CEO could be upbeat and what GM can do to turn around. With all the challenges facing you, what tops your priority list? We need to drive revenue growth. Frankly, that's hard to do in a weak market, but that's what is really going to emphasize the extent of the changes we made and translate our improvements in products, quality and manufacturing into better financial results. How do you do that? We've... (SmartMoney)
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)
