The man who warned, in dire terms, of a looming fiscal crisis, with soaring US borrowing costs, within two years — almost two years ago?
The cost of crude on global markets has plunged since June, reflecting faltering growth in the world economy, reduced fears about Middle East production levels and soaring US shale output.
President Barack Obama declared a new era of "co-operation, not confrontation" with China today, even though two days of high-level talks were not expected to resolve differences over the two nations' yawning trade gap and China's unease over soaring US budget deficits.
Buzzards soar over us, and bats and martins forage in the evening light.
When the Notion Ink launches I want to see it soar above us like a majestic, magical eagle, dropping bacon-infused whiskey bon bons instead of feces.
TV Guide Matt Roush wrote that "Audition" was "far from [his] favorite episode", disliking the "cruelty and dirty tricks" employed by the characters, though he commented that "the moments that soar remind us why this is a genuine pop-culture phenom".
"How could you live in this place and experience all this beauty and not get how precious this is," she asks with typical intensity as we walk near her town's harbor and bald eagles soar above us.
Last year's menu included possum stew, venison teriyaki and the winner: "Stuffed bear-ron-a-soar-us with groundhog gravy".
At the time, a lingering recession was sapping US confidence; oil prices were soaring; and US workers were worried about their future livelihoods.
Invest in us, value us, recognize our worth, and watch us soar to unimaginable heights.
Pelicans, African fish eagles and storks soared above us.
