After raising interest rates to 150% to stop a run on the rouble, the central bank's head said that the tide had turned and that hard-currency reserves were being replenished.

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Nine adults were rescued after being cut off by the tide at Worms Head on Gower on Saturday.

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And I took two examples of two topics that could, in other tide, other times, have led to head-on collision, and which in this case, on the contrary, are looked at on both sides of the Atlantic as a situation where we are complementary.

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Because with this tide of anger, everybody is going to be either wanting his head or wanting to know how is he going to deal with this situation.

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But in 2011 the tide swept back in and I'm only now just getting my head above water, if you'll excuse me using the holiday metaphor again.

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