Then Lehman Brothers folded and all hell broke loose, leading to TARP and QE1 and QE2 and now, maybe, QE3 and another recession, according to the opinions of CNBC viewers polled on Aug. 15.
All this means that watching markets will be rather like being a security guard: oscillating between boredom, when virtually nothing is happening, and fear, when all hell breaks loose.
Okay, so maybe the unlocking of the GPS on Verizon BlackBerrys wasn't an accident after all -- and maybe hell has frozen completely over.
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The following news strongly suggests that yes, the apocalypse is upon us, and hell has frozen over: Duke Nukem Forever, the most delayed video game of all time, is completed and ready to ship.
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Maybe there was a rush to get the player right into the action, but a playable prologue aboard Endurance where you could interact with and get to know the other characters before all hell breaks loose would have been very welcome.
The ECB recognized after the announcement of a U.S. ratings downgrade that all hell was likely to let loose across Asia and Europe and that lesser Eurozone governments are in far worse shape than the U.S., where maneuverability remains a key benefit.
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While his friends from the Vienna University of Economics and Business got set up in corporate apartments, Mr. Hollein turned down an offer from McKinsey, rented a place in Hell's Kitchen and set out to learn all he could about curating and marketing art.
We all ran like hell to the center of the island and later took shelter in the cliffs as we kept hearing that we would be getting another, bigger wave, which, fortunately didn't ever come but we did run for the cliffs several times.
Lewsey won his first caps at inside centre and fly-half against the All Blacks on England's "Tour of Hell" in 1998 but did not establish himself as a first-choice starter until 2003, when he starred in wins in New Zealand and Australia after a Six Nations Grand Slam.
Then you have a Congressional hearing starring self-indulgent, preening traders from guilty as hell organizations testifying that they had no idea all this was coming, that it was an act of nature and the reason they did so well was they just know more and therefore still deserve their bonuses.
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The original "Tour from Hell" was in 1998, when Clive Woodward's understrength England side suffered two drubbings by the All Blacks and heavy defeats against both Australia and South Africa.
Until it is clear how the PIP implants differed, and what risks are posed, "there is no reason to scare the hell out of all of these women who have implants, " said Joseph K. McLaughlin, a researcher at the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, Md.
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