[lit-ideas] Re: The Crisis Averted (follow up) or...
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:37:57 -0700
..."a head of steam coursing toward the arrowless quiver's bottom."
My sister did buy a couch, which is to say that she picked out one
from a sample in a London shop. It will be finished in Wales and
delivered in eight, or so, weeks. Delivery charges are sixty five
pounds. I remember that when we bought our couch here, that very one
was delivered later in the afternoon, for free.
After a pleasant weekend, I have developed a stinker of a cold. My
daughter's news from school is that her English teacher insisted
today that "leitmotif" is pronounced "litmotive." She is, after all,
teaching an I.B. Lit class. My daughter, who speaks German and
French, knows enough now to shut up.
I read today an A.P. story that I think I may mention in class
tomorrow. "The Oregonian" ran it under the head, "Markets Could Be
Poised to Rebound." Metaphor-wise, it's a soup.
"Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's latest market-stabilizing attempt
must clear a high hurdle to please investors. So far they have
barely blinked at a litany of government-led fixes...
'We're running out of arrows in the quiver,' said Chuck Gabriel,
managing director of Alpha Partners in Washington. 'There's just not
much left after this, and at some point we're going to find bottom.'
...[snip]...
Sen. Chuck Schumer, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, said an
administration proposal to inject federal money directly into certain
banks...'is gaining steam.'
...[snip]...
Steven Goldman, chief market strategist for Weeden and Co., said that
the gauges he uses to determine a bottom simply can't be applied
these days...the data simply doesn't work amid the chaos coursing
through the markets."
In my reduced state, I can't locate the litmotive.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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