All-wheel-drive was optional, with seven airbags (including one at knee-height for the driver) and stability control standard.
Combined with standard stability control that uses the antilock braking system to keep the car headed in the direction you're steering, we found the W8 unstoppable, even during a near-whiteout snowstorm that had a lot of SUV drivers skidding all over the road.
Unlike today, these rock-bottom yields were not obtained by every sort of central bank manipulation imaginable, but reflected the long history and expectation for monetary and macroeconomic stability that the gold standard system provided.
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With monetary stability assured by the gold standard system, bond yields fell everywhere to very low levels.
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World Bank President Robert Zoellick jumped into the fray on Monday, suggesting in a Financial Times commentary a limited return to the gold standard to provide stability to the markets.
Some Americans favour a return to a gold standard to ensure price stability.
The gold standard provides the financial stability in which the spontaneous order of the market place empowers individuals to outperform those who would rule them.
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The GL offers standard crosswind stabilization and trailer-stability assist (both are overlays of the stability-control system).
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Based on the proven IEEE 802.11 standard specification for long-term stability, WiGig offers the same level of security and manageability as today's best WLAN technologies.
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Both theoretically and practically it can be seen that a Gold Standard is no guarantee of value or price stability.
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The standard concern is that the expanding retiree bulge threatens the stability of pension and health care programs.
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Yet his new plans need to be judged by the same practical, non-ideological standard as past arms-control agreements: do they produce greater stability and security?
Unique interior metal construction in the base and neck adds stability while a beautifully finished exterior complements the design and helps set the new standard for affordable HDTV luxury.
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The Financial Stability Board, which co-ordinates the G20's financial policies, has asked standard-setters and regulators to find ways of yanking ratings out of rules on bank capital, fund holdings, margin agreements and so on.
The immensely sober-sided Bank of England issued, just over a year ago, a severe critique of contemporary monetary policy, Financial Stability Report No. 13 , scoring it as far worse performing, empirically, than the gold standard.
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Another huge advantage in relation to a standard setup is that the 2 metal pedals are built directly into the system, further increasing stability.
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