It was a cancer. President Cleveland asked how long he could wait to have the cancer removed.
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For investors, it was bad enough that the action alone indicated the Fed believes the economy and threat of a global recession have become so alarming that itcouldwait no longer and had to fire off such a huge barrage of measures all at once, virtually emptying its arsenal of meaningful weapons.
Itcould be a long wait, says the BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo, as the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), has said it aims to bring the reactors to a cold shutdown within nine months.