It is believed thatox'sgreat strengthcan empower the small and weak, sothe idiom "possessing the spiritofan ox" is used as a metaphor for a person whois strong and determined.
"The purchasing power here is very, very strong, " says Tan, who adds that he isso confident of Taiwan's future that he has decided to educate all three of his children through the master's degree level in Taiwan, rather than in schools in the U.S. or Europe.
He's played brilliantly all season and is a guy who's so big, strong and fast that you need him in the game a lot and I think that's why he's been picked at 12.
There is an ongoing three-way debate between those who believe the Fed should do more to strengthen the recovery, those who believe that the recovery isstrong enough to continue on its own, and those who believe that the economy has been so fundamentally altered by the recession that no amount of stimulus can succeed in pushing unemployment down to pre-crash levels.