Many universities' first instinct will be to batten down the hatches and wait for this storm to pass.

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Whenever the economic storm clouds pass and a more stable recovery emerges, platinum should return to higher prices than gold, analysts suggested.

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They hunkered down, waiting for the storm to pass so to speak.

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Eventually, the storm may pass.

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Tropical Storm Isaac is taking a pass on Tampa and is now aiming directly at New Orleans.

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But the storm is not going to pass.

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"It's a storm, it's going to pass, it always has, and if it doesn't then we have a whole different set of issues for all of us together, " Rivet said.

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They need to persuade their skeptical Republican legislatures to pass bills endorsing their flips, and now they're searching for any legal alibi in a storm.

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