Some say a solution is to suspend the mark-to-market accounting rules that have caused the cascade of write-downs in the first place.
Cox-2 inhibitors, developed with much hype in the mid-1990s, block an enzyme called cyclooxygenase-2, in so doing shutting off a wide-reaching cascade of biochemical signals that take the form of fats called prostaglandins.
The success of the Unibrow campaign brought a cascade of e-mail, all with links to similar contracts.
There was the same cascade of doom-and-gloom headlines when Slovakia initially balked at approving a deal to beef up the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to control the Greek debt crisis.
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When the cosmic rays and gamma rays smash into molecules in the Earth's atmosphere, they set off a cascade of other fast-moving particles.
The response has been staggering -- nearly 4 million page views, 12, 000 user-generated ads and a cascade of tweets.
In face-to-face encounters, our brains process the continual cascade of nonverbal cues that we use as the basis for building trust and professional intimacy.
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First settled in the 1860s, by pioneers crossing the snow-capped Cascade Mountains, the county today reflects a modern version of that rugged independence.
The Angel Falls cascade down a 2560 meter-high table mountain.
That's the first step in the endless cascade of junk mail from credit-card companies that pile up in your mailbox.
And that is the essence of CBT: Depression, anxiety and other ills aren't the cause of a cascade of debilitating thoughts and self-loathing--they are, instead, a result of the same.
Until recently, says Lee Fromson, a vice-president with Cascade Designs in Seattle which specialises in outside sleeping equipment, anyone getting into this sector could expect their business to grow by 20% a year.
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The drug works higher up the chemical cascade and allows the brain's built-in regulatory system to release the proper amount of acetylcholine.
Besides stroke, he says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.
Besides stroke, Dr. Suzdak says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, Lou Gehrig's disease or even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.
This is exactly what happened in 2007 when assumptions about mortgage-backed securities led to a cascade of losses.
Forested mountains cascade down to the lake shore, the mist-covered peak of Mount Nkungwe rises up in the background and crystal-clear waters teeming with fish lap against white sand coves.
By tuning the quantum cascade laser and measuring how much of the infra-red radiation is absorbed on its way to a detector, hazardous gases in between can be identified.
Anderson's firm and Matrix Partners have invested in 28 deals together, including Cascade Communications and Sycamore Networks (nasdaq: SCMR - news - people ).
The resolution fell four votes short (47-53), allowing the GHG regulatory cascade to proceed apace.
So it is only necessary to identify, and kick-start, the first genes in the cascade, which are likely to be few in number.
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The 367-room Parkroyal on Pickering, which opened in January, is draped in layers of lush greenery that cascade from garden and pool terraces at various levels of the 16-storey building, creating a striking, contoured rice paddy-like exterior.
Like bears sniffing out food at a campfire pit, those looking for a piece of the multi-billion dollar pie have flooded Washington with a cascade of requests, some capable of spurring immediate and lasting growth, others falling hopelessly short.
Top of the list should be the twin attractions of Gullfoss, a double cascade that thunders down a narrow ravine, and Geysir, the original hot-water spout after which all others are named.
Those who entered into sub-prime loan agreements were convinced otherwise, and the resulting cascade of foreclosures did far more to damage the economy than a collective case of cold feet about buying ever could.
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TLRs are known to activate NF-Kappa B which relays on their instructions to lead to a cascade of events.
The third reason for our deterrent is that it would prevent a cascade of proliferation because of the nuclear umbrella that the United States provides for over thirty-one countries, including many with the technology and resources for the development of nuclear deterrence on their own.
The uncertainty surrounding Dodd-Frank, Obamacare, and a piecemeal implementation of Cap and Trade via regulatory decree cascade into discord.
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The same animal show-jumping in Hong Kong once earned his oats hauling camping gear up and down the Cascade Range, east of Seattle.
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