Letting taxes rise abruptly would hurt not only the recovery but also whichever party the electorate ended up blaming.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

As you travel west from Khajuraho and cross the Betwa River, the high walls of the Orchha Fort rise up abruptly.

BBC: Orchha, a living medieval town

But what is incomprehensible is that Germany is repeatedly allowing market expectations for massive bail-out initiatives to rise, only to deflate them abruptly.

FORBES: Europe's Message Control Mess

They rise in mechanical wonder and then stop, abruptly, on eleven, where the elevator doors slide open to no one.

NEWYORKER: Playdate

If inflation in America continues to rise, the Fed will have to raise rates abruptly, and by more than if it acts now.

ECONOMIST: As Japan goes?