Fateful analogies aside, businesses are already pulling back in anticipation of the possibility that congress won't get its act together by year end.
Jellyvision Games later pulled the application, in anticipation of release a more robust client for both iOS and Android that will mimic the Facebook application, featuring cross-platform multiplayer between iOS, Android, and Facebook versions, and downloadable episodes from the Facebook game.
There are complications, though, because two crashes of equal severity could result in different levels of injury, depending on the details of the car involved, like whether it had seat belt pretensioners, which pull slightly tighter in anticipation of a collision, or a better ability to withstand a crushed roof.
Big-box retailers or mall clothing chains are now capable of bringing in more hands in anticipation of a delivery truck pulling in or the weather changing, and sending workers home when real-time analyses show sales are slowing.
Right now, Greece is experiencing what's being called a "bank jog" — a somewhat slow-motion bank run, as more and more depositors pull out their cash in anticipation of a possible Greek exit from the euro.
The details and observations accrue in such a way — obliquely, melodiously — that they pull a reader forward in anticipation of the next unexpected leap: a stray object, an odd gesture, a bald declaration, or a rash act.
The slowdown was largely the result of a plunge in inventory as businesses pulled back from amassing products in anticipation of sluggish days ahead.
The slowdown largely resulted from a plunge in inventory as businesses pulled back from amassing products in anticipation of sluggish days ahead.
But the surprisingly strong consumer inflation data released on Friday morning changed that, and now many of the biggest players have pulled out of the market in anticipation of the outcome of the meeting.
