The worst outcome would be for Mr Sócrates to go for populist measures with the aim of seeking a bigger majority in an early election, says Francisco Sarsfield Cabral, an economic analyst.It is at times like these that the Portuguese president should step forward to promote stable government.
To avoid the oil investment boom turning into a bust by the dramatic fall in the price of Brent crude, firms in the industry are having to go for unusual measures.
Somewhere around repetition 50, he cut us off, let the drums go for another measure, then came back into the living room to talk for an hour about his recent trip to Fiji to worship Adi Da, which I tried as hard as humanly possible to stay awake through.
But — and here she literally choked up with emotion — she added: "Why did the leaders of the Seven not go for concrete, practical measures of support?
About 70% of voters would go for a ballot measure to "toughen our conflict of interest law," I estimate.
Instead of chasing after retailers using the old standby of return on assets, consider a variation: Go for companies whose ROA measures will remain unscathed if and when rulemakers lower the boom on lease accounting.
And for a club that went for a measure of stability by appointing Moyes, a decision heavily influenced by Ferguson, rather than arguably the more glamorous but perhaps short-term choice of Jose Mourinho, they will provide more reassurance.
Those who collect political memorabilia like buttons and hats could dispense with those wimpy halfway measures and go for the real thing.
But much of the additional spending allotted by the Senate measure would go for education.
Males in the habit of throwing around female amounts of cash for their brogues and loafers can do so at John Lobb (680 Madison Avenue, at 61st Street), the hundred-and-fifty-year-old firm, which is now owned by Hermès, where handsome made-to-measure shoes go for around $5,800 $9,0000 for boots).
