Until a few weeks ago, investors weren't even thinking about preparing for a recovery, hoarding cash and U. S. Treasury bonds and defensive stocks that would perform better than most in a recession.

就在数周之前，甚至还难以想像投资者会为经济复苏作准备，他们囤积现金、美国国债和抗跌性股票，因为这些资产在衰退时表现强于大多数资产。

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In defensive line appears again Barzagli of Palermo, and are thinking to Behrami of Lazio.

在防线的再次盯上了巴勒莫的巴尔扎利，并且对拉齐奥队贝赫·拉米。

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But when concerns with those kinds of statements could no longer be ignored, DOD responded by issuing a narrowly focused, technocratic, and purely defensive position that fails to demonstrate any serious thinking about the nature of cyberpower and how it relates to the other elements of military and national power.

FORBES: DOD Cyber Strategy Remains Ambiguous on Threats and Responses

"Kurt Warner is right to think how he is thinking about his kids and football, " Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora said on Twitter.

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They were transformed to the more secure and positive thinking side back on their Lancashire territory, but had initially found the defensive 4-5-1 formation of a miserly Birmingham difficult to play through.

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