The attacks rattled the country as people braced for today's commemoration of the two-year anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's slaying.
More than anything else, that change explains the midterm losses that Democrats are bracing for next week.
And it demonstrated why voters and officials nationwide are bracing for Election Day.
Wall Street, in contrast, is bracing for July 12, when an order exempting overseas trading from federal scrutiny expires.
The results of the survey were announced as the city and other towns and counties in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are bracing for this year's mosquito season, which begins next month.
In the meantime, Mr. Poincelot and the nine people on his rodent-control team are bracing for late June, when the recent breeding season comes to fruition.
Now investors are bracing for next week's round of earnings reports, which many analysts expect to show a drop-off in corporate profits.
The list of obstacles, however, only begins with the generic facts that the Republican House and the Democratic Senate are agreeing on legislation of any kind at a historically low rate, and that both parties are bracing for fiscal battles this fall.
More than anything else, that change explains the midterm losses that Democrats are bracing for next week.Paul Krugman recently made a similar point:But the truth is that if the economic situation were better — if unemployment had fallen substantially over the past year — we wouldn't be having this discussion.
What's clear is that walking away when he did spared him from firing Coach Luke Walton — something Walton and his assistant coaches, according to two people with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to discuss it publicly, had been bracing for this week.
It's unclear what caused the seizure, but employees at the company's headquarters are bracing for 1,500 jobs cuts that are expected next month.
