Worse, despite fire alarms going off all over the place, operators had shut down the reactor slowly by hand instead of hitting the panic-button to close the reactor immediately.

ECONOMIST: Japan

It may be that we are all huddled together around the fire and trying to fight off that sense of the inevitable.

NEWYORKER: We Are Alive

For investors, it was bad enough that the action alone indicated the Fed believes the economy and threat of a global recession have become so alarming that it could wait no longer and had to fire off such a huge barrage of measures all at once, virtually emptying its arsenal of meaningful weapons.

FORBES: Enough With The Fed's Transparency Already

She said she was worried about all of the employees that had been laid off as a result of the fire.

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