Some people want to see Mr. Blair exercise influence over the White House and get them to mend their ways, as Europeans would see it, but many of them doubt that he'll be able to deliver more than a feel-good factor from the president.

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So far, rich-country governments have relied on diplomatic persuasion to get them to mend their ways.

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By forcing share prices up, the monetary authority hopes to inflict losses on the short sellers and thereby persuade them to mend their ways.

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Other financial institutions, among them life insurers and fund-management firms, have not started to mend their ways.

ECONOMIST: South Korea

And finally, when the new chief of staff came here -- I guess it was six or seven months ago -- he walked with the President across Lafayette Park to the Chamber of Commerce in an effort to mend fences, to sort of demonstrate that he was rolling back some regulations, unshackling business to help them in their efforts to get through the recession.

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