Or are we witnessing yet-another temporary bout of euphoria which will soon be met with the harsh realities of a deleveraging, bear market world?
In a strangely brilliant post to her blog, Glass explains how the plight of Knut, an adorable baby polar bear that the world fawned over until he grew up, eerily parallels the plight of child stars.
It has been picking up awards since winning the Golden Bear at its world premiere at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival and is one of the front-runners for best foreign language film at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Here was Malcolm S. Forbes, a giant spirit, bear-hugging the world.
This is bad for a profession whose mission, I was taught as a young reporter, is to bear witness to the world in a truthful way.
Knut the polar bear, who became world famous after he was hand-reared by keepers after his mother rejected him, has died at the age of four.
The Cira Gracia, Cimex and other hospitals that treat the foreigners have no shortages of staff, medicine or equipment and bear comparison with the world's best.
The world continues to bear witness to their powerful calls for justice, and their courageous pursuit of universal rights.
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When you travel ethically, treading carefully, you bear witness to how our world, both natural and man-made, is truly beyond imagination.
It is difficult to overstate the value of being able to bring a high-performance collection system like the SR-71 rapidly to bear virtually anywhere in the world, without regard to daylight or weather conditions.
He has 17 warbirds--World War II fighters such as the Rare Bear, a Grumman F8F Bearcat that has set records as the world's fastest piston-driven plane, hitting 528 mph.
This concert was a good, one where few to no words are needed, to momentarily bear the weight of a troubled world.
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Then the name Kadenesco would be the most popular male name in Italy and millions of people the world over would proudly bear it.
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Two-thirds of the world's polar bear populations could face local extinctions within 45 years due to habitat loss, the National Resources Defense Council says.
It helps to bear this in mind as the world decides in the coming weeks how to react to the power-sharing agreement the main Palestinian factions have just signed in Mecca (see article).
Meanwhile this year, for the first time since 2008, the stock markets of ten of the twelve largest economies in the world are in worsening bear markets, indicating they see serious troubles ahead for global economies.
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If, for example, the costs of inefficiency come to exceed the political and social benefits, or if the world forces Japan to bear the full costs of its still-mercantilist system, and especially if the economy enters a prolonged slump, Tokyo would be hard pressed to rethink the nation's path.
An Asiatic "moon bear" is the first in the world to have a damaged gallbladder removed using keyhole surgery.
But Johnson said the decision to hand the captaincy to the experienced Tindall was not influenced by the bear-pit atmosphere expected at the world-renowned Millennium Stadium.
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The world's poorest countries bear little responsibility for climate change.
Likewise, the bear market in equities in the developed world has wiped out trillions of dollars in valuation, resulting in rising savings rates as consumers, especially those close to a wanted retirement, try to repair their leaking balance sheets.
The gradually more insistent incursions of the second world war are deftly brought to bear on Lavinia's heady affair.
Cyprus has inscribed on the World Heritage List ten churches which bear outstanding testimony to Byzantine civilization, are well-conserved examples of rural religious architecture and provide evidence for the links between eastern and western Christian art.
So we have a role here to play, because of our experience and knowledge and, of course, the fact that we are the largest economy in the world and we can bring to bear insight and experience in a way that really no other nation can.
But the main attraction at Clayoquot is the wilderness itself, and a slate of varied activities include horseback riding, river and ocean kayaking, whale watching, grizzly bear watching, hiking, mountain biking and world-class river, ocean, and lake fishing - some guests come primarily for the angling.
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What's going on here is that we're in uncharted territory, a world where the Fed and the Treasury are making up the rules as they go along, where accountability is being ignored and a world where the government bails out Bear Stearns and its creditors rather than letting those who have been reckless learn a lesson for the next time.
Widely acknowledged to be a world authority on distance learning, Mr Bear acts as an expert witness for the FBI on trials involving so called diploma mills where degrees are sold for cash.
These nefarious forces made it impossible for Obama to bring the sort of pressure to bear on Israel that would have placated the Arab world and paved the way for a peaceful settlement.
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