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The world of hedge funds might be very close to a big shake-up and, perversely, New York could be one of the winners.

All of these formed a powerful interest group against meaningful reform, or to turn reform perversely in their favor.

I had made it clear that I wanted to get out of White Hall and, perversely, this increased my usefulness.

I am an optimist in that I believe that human beings do not always perversely try to make life worse for themselves.

Perversely, our worry seems to be increasing at a time when actual risk is decreasing.

"The dark glamour of the gothic has made it perversely attractive to many designers, " says Dr. Steele.

This last statistic is perversely encouraging at a time when reading is reported to be going down the chute.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.

Perversely, Britain's anti-establishment Zeitgeist might be the prime minister's strongest shield.

One of the captors perversely forced our Kurdish fixer to translate "We hate Kurds" into English from Arabic, creating even more tension.

Sometimes I found myself wishing, perversely, that he would do something peculiar or crude, just for the sake of variety.

Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely.

Perversely , Pyongyang's show of recent hostility could be a signal that it wants to take up Mr Obama's implied offer .

Perversely, equity investors should be feeling nervous every time Washington is close to agreeing on a way to reduce its debts.

Perversely, the most accurate forecasts were made about 2007, despite the fact that the credit crunch was a surprise to many.

Perversely, the political appeal of such taxes may be lower, because voters are reminded of the tax every time they go shopping.

Others argued that Mr Klaus's statement could perversely nudge the treaty toward adoption because it had at last clarified his position.

Regulatory regimes perversely encouraged banks to off-load debt and thus to be less attentive to the risks.

So, perversely, sparing a CDS payout on Greece could push up the borrowing costs of other countries.

The two revolutions talked the language of individual freedom, but they perversely ended up creating greater centralization.

Increasingly dire economic circumstances may also, perversely, bind the coalition together.

There's something perversely fascinating about educational policies that are clearly at odds with the available data.

Lastly, and perversely, the decade of obsession with expanding home ownership may actually have reduced neighbourhood stability.

"It may perversely help stabilise, or even lift, China's sagging domestic real estate and equity markets, " Mr Kurtz said.

Perversely, the taste for quality creates problems of its own.

As total global demand has weakened, Chinese production capacity, driven by investment, has (perversely) expanded.

I feel, perversely, like it should be raining, but it's a perfectly clear dark sky.

But somewhat perversely I take their boast as a scientific proposition: life will fill the universe.

Its financial health and promise of growth could, perversely, spur speculative buying that could spill over into other web stocks.

Insist on myself perversely, holding my own hands, going my own way.

Even rich countries find the costs too high, but the sudden austerity could perversely trigger a new financial crisis.

For their part, bankers seem perversely determined to make it easier for their critics.

Foreign advice to the contrary, however correct, may perversely ensure less change than more.

But nothing has more perversely impacted Russia's demographic distribution.

Though the remark tells us more about the perversely courageous Chapman than it does about Emerson, it contains an important clue.

Perversely, this points to increased concentration.

Links with the prices of commodities and credit remained perversely tight.

So when you want to find ways to enhance our brain activity, you perversely have to show that we are currently sick and need treatment.

Perversely, the initial effect is to send money home to Japan, pushing the yen up.

Western governments perversely permitted the Khmer Rouge to occupy Cambodia 's seat in the UN.

Indeed, perversely but understandably, talk of engaging the Taliban encourages them to think they can outlast the West.

So the government, perversely, has an incentive to reclaim land on which to build.

Perversely, on some X servers enabling this option results in faster painting.

More perversely still, the crisis in Dubai has caused a renewed flight to the perceived security of G7 government debt.

Perversely, it has been Mr Berlusconi who has benefited most from this political vacuum.

This, perversely, has endangered the euro and perhaps even the EU itself.

Perversely, computers are often more expensive for public libraries than for individuals, and harder to buy.

If not properly perversely particularly dislikeable guardian, may bring harm to others.

Perversely, the contrary may be the case.

The controls are there in order to limit inflation and protect the poor, but they have perversely worsened the crisis.

She continued, perversely , to wear shoes that damaged her feet.

Like many of his greatest songs, it's funny, sad, and perversely relatable.

Perversely, the disaster makes it easier to meet his pledge of raising growth to 6 per cent.

Men have a perversely simple sexual agenda that can best be described as an overwhelming blend of vanity and urgency.

It will save you from the way of evil, from those who speak perversely.

Cancelling the order for one or both would perversely have cost more than completing them.

Such cuts have a perversely powerful logic: "We" are living longer. There are fewer workers to support each elderly person.

This is the big YangZhai, perversely, living among them, the house will failure.