The word "tempest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as a noun to refer to a fierce, often destructive storm with high winds, or as a figurative term to refer to a chaotic or tumultuous situation. Example: The political tempest that engulfed the region had no foreseeable end in sight.
Naturally, the Romney campaign has already made a spot starring Mr Booker and his nausea.Yesterday in Chicago, Mr Obama tried to turn this teacup tempest to his advantage by hitting Mr Romney again.
Could the tempest of rising costs and sagging demand that so recently seemed to jeopardise many airlines' survival already be blowing itself out?The cause of the change in sentiment is hardly a mystery.
Despite peace deals in 2003 and 2008, the tempest of violence has yet fully to subside.
But his aggression is not always channelled to useful ends, and he sometimes talks up a tempest but fails to follow through.To his boosters, Mr Spitzer is a paragon among prosecutors: diligent, imaginative and incorruptible.
AS AMERICA's subprime-mortgage tempest spreads, Wall Street's latest parlour game is to bet on who will be next to get caught in the storm.
The misery wrought by the tempest in Europe's motor industry is indeed forcing carmakers to set aside rivalries and huddle together.
Now, says Mr Matsuzaki, at least a tenth of Japan's 2,000 golf clubs cannot pay the deposits back.In this section Fidel's dismal science Golf holes Flaying the Fund In search of a role Dangerous watchdog Tempest-tossed but floating No more peso?
On January 19th it released a big report analysing its response to the Asian crisis.In this section Fidel's dismal science Golf holes Flaying the Fund In search of a role Dangerous watchdog Tempest-tossed but floating No more peso?
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That would allow interest rates to fall.In this section Fidel's dismal science Golf holes Flaying the Fund In search of a role Dangerous watchdog Tempest-tossed but floating No more peso?
Rather, fear that Brazil might be the next domino, bringing its neighbours down with it, prompted the effort to get to know the enemy.In this section Fidel's dismal science Golf holes Flaying the Fund In search of a role Dangerous watchdog Tempest-tossed but floating No more peso?
