There was relief that the Greek Parliament passed the painful austerity measures required for Greece to receive additional bailout funds to prevent it from defaulting on its debt (or at least postpone its potential default).

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On Nov. 12, the Greek parliament passed a new budget setting out further painful cuts to meet its obligations, but there are disagreements among its creditors about its ability to sufficiently reduce its debt by 2020.

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Washington had warmed up, the swift storm of the previous day had passed, the sky was overcast but the air wasn't painful in a wind-chill way, and the capital was full of men in cowboy hats and women in long furs.

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