The theory is, do nothing, take credit for the good times and everybody gets re- elected.
That said, the voters usually give an incumbent credit for the good times and blame for the bad.
Like all skilled politicians, Dr Mahathir is adept at taking credit for the good times and blaming the bad times on others.
The stock posted big gains in the month of March, gaining 15.5% in the past four weeks, and it looks like some traders are positioning for the good times to continue.
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The last petered out in the early 1990s, when former Mayor Bob Lanier invested in roads and policing to prepare the city for when the good times returned.
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Much of this, inevitably, is in resources, but governments are getting better at saving the proceeds of the good times for the less good ones, reckons Mr Ballim.
The laughs may have been in short supply, but with Graham's arrival, the good times returned for the Gunners.
Mark to market rules and strict ratings may be appropriate (though unfair) in the good times as a means of preparing institutions for the bad times.
Consumers who were careful spenders during the good times for the German economy become still more cautious during a downturn.
Threats to the safety of savings, and the search for good returns at times of low interest rates, have been a concern for savers.
Savickas looked strong at first, then lost his grip, dropping the frame six times before leaving it for good two yards from the finish line.
The snag is that in projecting big spending increases for the next three years, Mr Blair is assuming that the good times will keep on rolling.
So the issue for us is we were very good at dealing with the good times.
Good times indeed for the download crowd, we just hope one of these providers can manage to drive the price down a bit.
Kaplan says that when he took over the fund he expected to pay about 20 times earnings for a good semiconductor stock, but that the overall market's high valuation has made everything more expensive.
By means of glasses, hotbeds, and hot walls, very good grapes can be raised in Scotland, and very good wine too can be made of them at about thirty times the expence for which at least equally good can be brought from foreign countries.
For as difficult as the times may be, the good news is that we know what the future could look like for the United States.
During a recent month in Chalten the weather was good enough for Jim and me to venture into the mountains four times and three times it turned foul not long after getting to basecamp.
The chorus at the end of "Hey Eugene, " for example echoes of 1970s sitcom staples, Good Times and The Jeffersons.
And CEO Gary Smith sees more good times to come for the optical networking equipment company.
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In return for taking a chunk of the profits in good times, shareholders get wiped out in bad times.
But, as always during a boom, investors and borrowers have got carried away in the belief that the good times will continue for ever.
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There is a trial version that doesn't have all the features activated and you can only use it 15 times for the most part, but it's good enough to test with.
New Orleans is always looking for a good celebration -- in the best of times and worst.
Yesterday, Matt Bai wrote a long and very good profile on Warner for The New York Times Magazine.
Some are willing to pay a high premium for Coca Cola on the perception that, in good times and bad people the world over are going to keep drinking Coke.
These are good times for almost every company in the corporate IT business.
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