And you would have some sort of cycle to derive electrical energy from that.
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Gartner, an information-technology research-and-advisory firm, has coined the term hype cycle to describe exactly this sort of phenomenon: a new technology is introduced with enthusiasm, only to be followed by an emotional low when it fails to immediately deliver on its promise.
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By putting out a speech which requires nuance, which requires focus, which requires a couple of readings, which requires conversations at the dinner table, he stepped out of the news cycle and the sound bite sort of tenure of our election, to say something very brave, which is that we need a national conversation about race in this country.
Would it make sense to embrace some sort of closed-fuel cycle, with limited reprocessing of spent fuel?
The vibe in the Fusion Hybrid is one of abiding integration: the subtle slurring of ratios in the continuously variable transmission, the share-the-load cooperation between electric and gas engine (2.0-liter, 141-hp Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder), a sort of light, transparent flickering of power sources.
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All other things being equal, this cycle could continue for some time in a sort of death-spiral.
As Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has made clear, a housing recovery is a prerequisite to any sort of self-sustaining economic cycle.
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And you don't get as many distortions as you've gotten in this sort of bubble-and-bust cycle that we've had.
Why should the decision to opt out of the news cycle and the endless infomercials be treated as some sort of aberration?
Since discretionary spending is the only sort that can be adjusted quickly to the state of the economic cycle, this will tend to make fiscal policy an even blunter tool than it already is.
But almost everywhere, what is needed from government are the sort of fundamental reforms that can make a big difference in the long run, beyond the next electoral cycle.
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