Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession.

政客们开始使用令人恐惧的R字头词：recession（意为：经济衰退）。

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And the mainstream tech press is flexing the R-word, too.

主流技术媒体也在发出召回的呼声。

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The Economist's informal R-word index tracks the number of newspaper articles that use the word "recession" in a quarter.

经济学人非正式“R单词指数”追踪了一季度内各报刊使用“Recession(经济衰退；低迷)”这个单词的次数。

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The only evidence was cut into a tree and a fence: the letters C-R-O and the word Croatoan,C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N.

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I could see that the word w-a-t-e-r meant something wonderful and cool that flowed over her hand.

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I put Helen's hand under the cool water and formed the word w-a-t-e-r in her other hand.

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R-word index accurately pinpointed the start of America's recessions in 1981 and 1990.

ECONOMIST: Journalists are writing us into a recession

Williams agrees that advertisers should approach the "R-word" (recession) with extreme caution.

FORBES: Don't Skimp On Ad Budgets

Gordon Brown for the first time uttered the "r" word - recession, agreeing with the governor of the Bank of England that Britain appears to be heading into recession.

BBC: ANALYSIS BY CAROLE WALKER