But, he explained, "we need to balance that against the objective" -- which is to get investors to buy the things that are killing banks' balance sheets--and freezing up business loans and the economy.

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Managing director Mark Price said the John Lewis-owned firm would set up its own freezing plant to prevent cross-contamination.

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While there are still risks of a double-dip recession and a freezing up of the credit markets, UBS notes that companies have more cash on hand now than they did when the credit markets were shut in 2008 and early 2009.

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She had taken a solemn vow of chastity since then, like one of her made-up childhood rituals of lying in freezing cold water, but to someone with her natural generosity it was a heartless, bitter thing.

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Balmy days in December and January pushed sales of existing homes up in those months while freezing temperatures in February deterred potential house-hunters, That meant fewer sales to be completed (and counted) in March.

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Any slip-up at any stage in any area of reform will automatically lead to a freezing of the loan.

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But the scale of collapse was broadened and deepened by the freezing up of the machinery of global finance, a dramatic collapse in confidence and stock-slashing.

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But the module was freezing cold, so Neil and I put on our helmets, and I turned the heat full-up.

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Above-freezing temperatures also led to overflow along the trail, a potentially dangerous situation where water has pushed up through the ice and refrozen, creating a weak top layer of ice that teams and mushers can break through.

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