They include hefty foreign exchange reserves, large net overseas investments and large trade surpluses with other nations.
Thailand and its neighbours are these days running strong current-account surpluses, their public finances are mostly in good order and they have hefty foreign-exchange reserves with which to defend themselves from speculative attacks.
Costa had been in close proximity to City's defence throughout, with several hefty physical exchanges, so it was no surprise when the striker was in the tussle that led to Zabaleta's red card.
To calm a feverish market, the government has in effect shut it down.Opponents of the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, want him to inject more of the country's still-hefty foreign-exchange revenues according to official figures, $166 billion entered the coffers last year alone into propping up the rial.
To make it all work, poorer countries receive hefty aid in exchange for opening their markets to their richer neighbours.
Other homeowners paid hefty fees in exchange for what turned out to be false promises that more favorable mortgage terms would be negotiated on their behalf.
The drive from Kabul to Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border, was an expensive trip, as different mujahideen groups demanded hefty tolls in exchange for protection from armed bandits.
NEW DELHI Indiaia's prime minister hit back at allegations that members of his party paid hefty bribes in exchange for support in a crucial vote to salvage the landmark civilian nuclear deal between India and the United States in July 2008, declaring in Parliament on Friday that no member of the Congress Party or his government had broken the law.
The production of the Tennessee Williams classic, starring Ms. Blanchett as the emotionally damaged Blanche DuBois, has become one of the hottest tickets of the winter, selling out performances and drawing theatergoers to the sidewalks outside the academy, where they have offered hefty sums in exchange for an audience member's ticket.
This is not a sound proposal but rather another punitive bill, this time robbing blue states to gain votes by rewarding the red states with hefty bribes in exchange for votes of support.
