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Then something happened last spring: my sister Emily discovered that she had cancer and had a double mastectomy.
The donors promised to double aid to Africa by 2010, but are still far off track.
In fact, the world's per capita emissions were 4,700 kilograms, or more than double the permissible limit.
A Double-Dip Recession for the US?
Most pundits dismiss the possibility of a double-dip recession.
In 25 years, according to Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, China's emissions could be double those of the US, Europe, and Japan combined.
One day, the country is on the brink of a double-dip recession; the next, it is on the verge of a turbo-charged recovery, powered by resilient consumers and US multinationals starting to deploy, at long last, their massive cash reserves.
Is it any wonder that China is perceived as an increasingly credible model for much of the developing world, while the US is now viewed as a symbol of hypocrisy and double standards?
So the end of this severe global recession will be closer at the end of this year than it is now, the recovery will be anemic rather than robust in advanced economies, and there is a rising risk of a double-dip recession.
Argentina's exchange rate system survived, but at a heavy price - the onset of double-digit unemployment.
Confidence is seldom restored as an economy goes into a deep recession and double-digit unemployment.
More outrage around the world at American double standards.
US Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki warned that although it would be possible to win the war with the 160,000 troops that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld used, it would take double that number to win the peace.
In this fog of praise, the IMF ignored the fact that Argentina's growth rate had stagnated and that double-digit unemployment persisted for half-a-decade.
If that were to happen quickly, total spending could decline, pushing the economy into a double-dip recession.
In the short run, Merrill, like the other investment banks, was allowed to double up its bets.
In some cases, with appropriate government action, they could double or even triple food production in just a few years.
The switchover, however, would more than double the electricity bill in this example.
Inflation in Russia, Vietnam, Argentina, and Venezuela is solidly in double digits, to name just a few possibilities.
There are also now two reasons to fear a double-dip recession.
After market-oriented reforms in the early 1990's, growth rates soared, with projections of double-digit growth in the future.