Possibly 2K softened us up by first mooting a first-person shooter based on the X-Com narrative (in short, aliens invade Earth, and are opposed by a shadowy transnational agency).
With Congress deadlocked throughout December, growth rates softened even further and never quite made up enough ground to reach our original expectation.
And while "competition is heating up and lending terms have softened a bit, if you move away from prime lending areas, there is no competition, " he said.
However, on Monday the euro softened against the dollar over concerns that despite a pick-up in growth for core manufacturing nations a monetary tightening will prove too onerous for its second-tier members.