The nation's retailers reported sales results for February that were as bleak as those of recent months — yet they were also slightly better than Wall Street was expecting, and a tentative indicator that economic deceleration may be slowing.
My favorite America-as-land-of-opportunity storecentrecent months involves a man named Basam Ridha.
Still, policy makers and economists also worry that the punishingly strong yen of recent months as well as weak growth in major trading partners, like the United States and China, will take a toll on Japanese exports.
"However, as the battles of recent months demonstrate, they are unable to hold ground for long.
"As the events of recent months make clear, the question of how this nation will treat those who come to our shores seeking refuge generates enormous debate," Boasberg wrote in a 38-page opinion, an allusion to the administration's family-separation policy recently implemented and then abandoned amid international condemnation.
Since I am as stunned as anyone about the events of recent months, I do not claim to provide definitive answers.
That changed by the end of the evening, though, and at least as far as vocal quality was concerned, the experience of recent months has done no harm.
It continued a trend at work all month as some of the gloom of recent months has dissipated.
Shipping firms gained back some lost ground of recent months, as freight indexes have been moving higher of late.
"I was in such pain," said the mother of six, wrapped in a shawl and with a thick bandage across her face, as she recalled the agony of recent months.
The awful incidents of recent months – such as the Malaysia Airlines diasters and the Germanwings crash – may also mean that airlines quibble at their peril with disgruntled consumers.
