Japan represents the cutting edge of this lurch into what may in a decade be the general East Asian pattern.

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So when the economy turns down, the public finances will lurch into deficit, just as they did for the Tories a decade ago.

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"If we try to lurch into this thing without bringing with us what will probably be the majority of the countries of the world, it would be extremely unwise and very dangerous, " he warned.

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It's harder to draw conclusions for then, however, as the most significant factor of the 2009-10 figures in this year's GERS report is the dramatic lurch into the red of the UK's finances, Scotland's included.

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Congress has been assiduously courting Samajwadi, and now seems well placed to use it to fill the hole left in its coalition by Ms Banerjee's lurch into overt opposition, and so avert an early election.

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This year, as some Western economies lurch back into a second recession, many wonder whether the basic flaws of our financial system have been fixed at all.

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Huge cliffs loom all around, looking like they might lurch forward at any moment and push the tiny town into the sea.

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But a long downtrend into 2010 isn't inevitable, even assuming a systematic lurch to bigger government.

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