Suddenly it seems that emerging-market economies have gained a respite.
He also gained a respite because Iran turned its attention from him to Israel as the principal enemy.
BERLIN — Gaining a respite after recent defeats in regional votes, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union looked set to remain in power on Sunday in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, according to preliminary election results.
The pound gained a respite from its fall later in the day, however, when the European Central Bank chief, Jean-Claude Trichet, expressed concern about the strong euro's impact on the eurozone economy.
But as in Brazil, Uruguay faces a daunting battle to steady its currency and service its public debt against a background of recession (now in its fourth year) and popular demands to stimulate the economy.Brazil and Uruguay have gained a respite, though pessimists will say that this will merely allow investors there to exit at a better price.
The British thus gained a respite, and peace lasted at least until the time Gildas was writing: that is, for perhaps forty or fifty years, from around the end of the 5th century until midway through the sixth.
After a term of planning and dreaming, students become more and more animated as the event looms, to gain a brief respite from the stresses and strains of the examination season.
By grasping the nettle and indicating a very public change of direction, the Icelandic government will also gain a welcome respite from the heavy criticism that has erupted from a mixture of angry foreign governments, panicking Icesave customers, distressed Icelandic citizens and worried local councils in the UK, all of whom stand to lose even more money if the crisis deepens.
In 289, the governor of Mauretania Caesariensis (roughly modern Algeria) gained a temporary respite by pitting a small army against the Bavares and Quinquegentiani, but the raiders soon returned.
Patients' motives for seeking detoxification treatment vary considerably, including desire to reduce illicit drug use or gain a brief respite from a life-style complicated by consumption of illicit drugs, or be the first or one of several attempts to attain a drug-free life.
Ms. Rousseff, who has been battling for her political survival after winning re-election to a second term just 10 months ago, seems to have recently gained something of a respite.
