More importantly, the country is much less vulnerable to external shocks than it used to be.
We talk openly about sex and excretion in a way that still shocks our grandparents.
Some Latin American nations have used counter-cyclical policies to cushion the effects of external shocks.
Its structure becomes weak and unable to absorb any increases in uncertainty, inefficiency, and especially, shocks.
The Mojo Armor protects your iPhone 5 from life's drops, dust, splashes and shocks.
We survived stock shocks in 1987 and 1989 and a mild recession in 1990.
But what do you call the true opposite of fragile something that actually benefits from shocks?
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It was like going from a Mini Cooper to a white 1982 Impala with blown shocks.
And as we know, there are many financial shocks going on in the system today.
Looking ahead, participants are bullish for March, assuming, of course, no disruptive shocks intrude.
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Many credit him with keeping the nation's financial system solid amid a wave of global shocks.
There were also electrical shocks, as two separate bolts of lightning struck St Peter's.
The common currency magnifies the butterfly effect of positive or negative shocks within the Euro zone.
China has been stockpiling a mountain of cotton, presumably to insulate its textile makers from shocks.
If the origin of money were purely private, these shocks should have had no monetary effects.
Tones and foot shocks were administered separately at random intervals in the other group.
GDP, making Japan less vulnerable to shocks from abroad than are its Asian neighbours.
The story of Turks in Germany can be told as a tale of two shocks.
The biggest remaining shocks are both in the same category, and they are extreme.
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Oil shocks, almost always a function of devalued dollars, have historically triggered calamitous economic turmoil.
Next, the two economists assume that the sample economies are affected by observable, country-specific shocks.
Price shocks can certainly cripple economies, but that does not mean they always will do so.
His heart stopped for 78 minutes but he was resuscitated after repeated shocks from a defibrillator.
First, they assume that all 20 countries are hit by common but unobservable shocks.
The LCD panel features a resin mount to ease shocks to the LCD panel area.
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For additional protection, the EX-G1 comes with two types of detachable protectors to absorb shocks.
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Instead of reducing risk and dampening shocks, as intended, these exacerbated the October 1987 crash.
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The oil in the portfolio can also hedge against the other economic effects of oil price shocks.
One of them has alleged he was later stripped and had electric shocks administered to his testicles.
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