The problem in 2012 -- as in 2008, as in the near-death experience of 2004, as in the popular vote loss of 2000, as in the loss of 1996, as in the loss of 1992 -- was the GOP's failure to offer an economic program relevant to the problems of middle-class Americans.
The big-borrowing countries around the edge of the euro zone suffered a near-death experience in 2010, and they will be in a pretty miserable state in 2011 as austerity measures bite and households come to terms with their high debts and poor prospects.
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The human propensity for denial is one thing, but given the severity of our recent near-death experience, this sort of behavior seems to border on the pathological.
Most industry executives and specialists think it has been transformed for the better since its near-death experience in 2002.
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The singer has said that his near-death experience helped him decide to finally finish and release the record.
The derivatives market weathered its last near-death experience in early 2005, when credit agencies downgraded the debt of General Motors and Ford, devastating the value of the most risky synthetic derivatives.
According to the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, nearly 800 near-death experiences happen every day in the United States.
ACAS, once the darling of the sector, had a near-death experience in 2009 as their equity-heavy investment portfolio collided with debt and bank obligations and the stock suffered a much steeper slide than the sector.
David was a tough act to follow: A Harvard grad and international yachtsman, David has captivated the press with his marital and maritime adventures (including an ugly divorce from a Swedish countess in 2009 and a near-death experience in the 2011 Fastnet regatta, when his 100-foot racing boat capsized).
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The industry may feel it has come through a near-death experience in better shape than it could have hoped at the beginning of the year.
The chart supports the latter: while the VIX has been having a near-death experience, share prices have headed up.
The chances of your colonoscopy resulting in the made-for-TV near-death experience that Dr. Mehmet Oz detailed in a six-part video series on his show and website are highly unlikely.
Particularly so for GE, still struggling to recover from its near-death experience in the financial crisis when it was suddenly deprived of the commercial paper it needed to fund its daily operations.
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In the video below, he explains the highly dangerous sport, and shares his near-death experience.
Chief executive John Chen, who steered Sybase through a near-death experience early in his career at the top there, gives a German company a solid asset.
Morgan Stanley's reputation among blue-chip companies has remained strong, despite its near-death experience and earlier turmoil, such as the controversial merger with Dean Witter in 1997 and subsequent palace coup in 2005.
Nelson thinks that near-death experiences are part of the dream mechanism and that the person having the experience is in a REM, or "rapid eye movement, " state.
Gainsbourg had a near-death experience in 2007, but as she explained, the sound of the MRI scan helped influence her latest album, and her collaborator Beck helped her spin that frightening situation into these beautiful songs.
After a near-death experience in 1977 helped trigger a spiritual awakening, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens (and the man long ago known as Steven Demetre Georgiou) converted to Islam and retired from secular music-making in 1979.
The opera world has undergone major changes since then, and City Opera, still battling back from a near-death experience four years ago, continues to search for a distinctive contemporary identity, one that will attract sufficient audiences and donors to sustain it.
"It's the wrong end of the stick to think we revel in near-death experiences, " says mountaineer John Cousins, a climber with 35 years' experience.
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