Two thirds through the essay one gets a sinking feeling that we are doomed.
Floating-rate securities, securities with puts, securities where, if certain things happened, a sinking fund kicked in.
There is growing belief Greece is a sinking ship within the EU that cannot be righted.
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Pitt instead created a sinking fund, using tax revenue to buy back bonds in the market.
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The Democrats may hope for a cleaner mandate, rather than risk taking over a sinking ship.
You want to be a swimming rat rather than a dry rat drowning in a sinking ship.
The government is already trying to cope with a sinking currency, rising inflation and a severe recession.
Most tobacco bonds have a so-called turbo structure (rather like a sinking fund).
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These are not the people you want with you on a sinking ship.
Though it might briefly tarnish its image, a sinking hotel barely registers a blip in a company's quarterly earnings report.
This seemingly impossible scheme works, thanks to a sinking fund that compensates lenders if the two indexes go in opposite directions.
Clearly, the maritime wisdom of abandoning a sinking ship as quickly as possible applies equally as well when investing in the group.
For many New Yorkers, sunrise brought a sinking question: What was outside?
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He has compared the economic situation in Zimbabwe to "a sinking Titanic".
Those who voted for Andrew RT Davies in the hope he'd turn back the Tory clock will have listened with a sinking feeling.
When asked how he survived he told journalists he had watched a TV programme about how to get out of a sinking car.
Surging exports, particularly to America, on the back of a sinking yen, have been almost the only source of economic growth in Japan this year.
Their failure may yet lead to rats deserting a sinking ship.
Thirty-two Burmese nationals have been rescued from a sinking ship by the Sri Lankan navy after the wooden vessel began to sink en route to Australia.
Actually, the Index hit 2, 000 early in 2010, followed by a sinking spell in 2011 to below 1, 500, currently in a recovery phase again at 2, 000.
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Artistically speaking, this time he's really on a sinking ship.
In a move to redirect what seemed a sinking ship a year ago, CW Entertainment Chief Dawn Ostroff honed in on the advertiser-beloved but notoriously fickle young female demographic.
Samsung had a comfortable lead at 26.9 percent of the larger American cellphone market in November, while Apple padded its advantage over a sinking LG to hit 18.5 percent.
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" He said he did not view his departure as an escape from a sinking industry, adding in USA Today "you still have the workings of a successful business.
It was fear of that kind of loss that sent investors bailing from Indiana-based Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people) like sailors from a sinking ship.
Reviving the cabinet careers of former big-hitters such as David Blunkett and John Reid could create a helpful contrast with the callow Tories, but few seem keen to board a sinking ship.
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The Smuckers would also like to convince Wall Street that the Crisco part of the deal makes sense, even though they weren't initially keen about picking up a sinking brand in a troubled category.
After Clint Barmes led off with his second homer of the season, Gomez hit a sinking liner and Lagares reached low to get his glove on the ball, which popped out as he stumbled forward.
In an attempt to deflect the perception that he was fleeing a sinking ship in a million dollar lifeboat, Skilling insisted he never would have abandoned Enron had he known what the future would hold.
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"It would be a case of the captain leaving a sinking ship, " is the way he put it to reporters at the Kuala Lumpur press conference where he laid out rescue plans for the company.
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