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They were nudging investors, not trying to frighten them into reversing the recent currency declines.

Lonnie was more of a care partner than caregiver, nudging her husband to take his medicine and accompanying him to doctors' appointments.

It was hard to figure out a non-frenzied way to get from here to there, and I began nudging Rebecca to sign on for another year.

Three plain clothes security men then flanked my chair and kept nudging me to leave.

Her hoop skirt flung up exposing her dimpled pasties. In a second I was upon her nudging her between the buns with my lobolier.

As well as nudging Berlusconi off the stage, Merkel had to smooth out her volatile relationship with France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy.

They might, by attaching rocket motors to the incoming rock, or nudging its orbit with nuclear explosions, even be able to avert disaster.

In the case of atoms, information is represented by nudging electrons to different energy states, often by exciting them with a laser.

Beijing has the ability to speed up or slow down its commodity imports as a way of nudging the trade balance in a particular direction.

Interest rate increases came into the policy mix relatively late: The central bank began nudging rates up again in October 2010.

The limitless number of gear ratios also means that the nudging motion caused by shifting is no longer present.

But if violence ends and passions cool, it may yet be a way of nudging Hamas towards a new realism.

Some analysts credit China, Myanmar's second-largest trading partner, with nudging the junta into what looks like a concession.

With the infinitely adjustable gear ratios at its disposal, the nudging motion caused by shifting is no longer present.

Hundreds of man hours and countless trips went into nudging the Russians westward.

So governments should encourage workers to save more, nudging them into pension schemes by requiring them to opt out rather than opt in.

The administration has again shown its deft political touch in nudging the draft legislation through the House and on to the Senate.

That cools spending at home and tilts the scales towards firms that sell abroad, nudging workers and capital in their direction.

The uprisings are nudging us towards seeing Arab countries through a Latin American prism.

Stock markets, nudging their highs for the year, show investors can deal with this.

Forward leading indicators, including those measuring sentiment, are nudging upwards.

No amount of "nudging" towards faster differential calculus will help prevent dropped catches.

Oxford were the favourites and were nudging ahead just past the halfway point when everything changed.

And if users ignore the hints, the device will stop nudging, until it comes across something else of potential interest.

Their first experiment will involve nudging the trapped anti-atoms with microwaves.

a new cohort of Indians, having thrived in economies like America's, are nudging the country towards a freer market.

True, oil prices are high: the cost of Brent crude is again nudging $100 a barrel.

Lengthening the average maturity of the Fed's $2. 65 trillion portfolio reduces the supply of long-term bonds, nudging down yields.

Behavioural economists advocate "nudging" people in the right direction by subtly altering the choices that they are presented with.

The softer sort is about nudging people to do things that are in their best interests.

it is at your side, nudging you with incentives.

We have become aware of the "nudging" of Creation itself pressing for Disclosure.

His fortunes were also at a low ebb , nudging bankruptcy .

Companies may be nudging now, but in future they may shove.

In economics, as in life, nudging needs to be done carefully.

The European Court of Human Rights is nudging the country towards tolerance.

Sometimes feelings need a little nudging in order for us to acknowledge and process them.

"Orange, " Hattie hissed, nudging me hard in the ribs.

All it took was some gentle nudging from 10-time Grammy winning producer T. Bone Burnett.

Consider, too, that 62 percent of the population in Finland use a mobile and that in the 15-25 age bracket the number is nudging 90 percent.

But we can develop the habit of nudging our attention toward things that inspire confidence rather than fear.

And even long-dated crude futures have risen over the past month, now nudging $100.

The temperature was nudging 30 degrees Celsius in the shade.

But here we are again with US crude oil futures nudging $53 a barrel.

There has also been some nudging from this side.

The government is also making diplomatic efforts on behalf of the redback. It is nudging countries such as Venezuela to pay in yuan.

It is nudging countries such as Venezuela to pay in yuan.

Whereas other big oil exporters have boomed on the back of high prices, Iran has grown sluggishly, nudging upwards only last year to 3. 5%.

It is this back channel closeness that serves as a cattle prod nudging the governments to become closer, too.

Spectral nudging to eliminate the effects of domain position and geometry in regional climate model simulations

Ms Kumpf says the Green Party is informally nudging supporters to give their first votes to her;