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There is nothing more discouraging than trying to create change in an environment that is not conducive to it.

That flow tends to keep long-term interest rates in the U. S. unnaturally low, discouraging Americans from saving.

Then you think about how much work it will be, the risks you'll face, and other discouraging thoughts.

In 2005 I was in a bad place in my life with so many changes I needed to make that it was utterly overwhelming and discouraging.

It could be exhilarating, intimidating, sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. It was an amazing privilege.

And a financial transactions tax, by discouraging reliance on ultra-short-run financing, would have made such a run much less likely.

One of these premodern attachment-discouraging practices was to leave infants unnamed until they had survived into the second year.

Discouraging transactions was frowned upon, especially at firms trying to push their way up capital-markets league tables.

'It was discouraging, ' he said, before quickly changing the subject.

The hukou system, which helps to keep wages uneven by discouraging labour mobility, is at least partly to blame.

At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his computer (made in MALAYSIA ), John decided to relax for a while.

Against people casually say, let the other discouraging words, words of light to see each other.

For all that spending on schools, both secondary and primary, has shot up, outcomes on the younger front are discouraging too.

Yet, much news I got so far is quite negative and discouraging. The problem is age. From Chinese standard point I am an old man.

In effect, the tax would be an income tax with an exemption for savings, encouraging investment but discouraging spending sprees.

Training a herding dog requires walking a fine line between encouraging and discouraging a dog's natural drives.

Central bankers from Israel to Brazil spoke up in favour of discouraging bubbles and questioned the Fed's approach.

At the current rate, dollar returns on soybean are said to be very discouraging to producers.

If you travel to another country you don't know, getting lost can be very frustrating and discouraging.

Wednesday's data was the latest in a string of discouraging reports on home sales, consumer confidence and Midwest business activity.

For an emerging economy trying to build a technology sector, this is both discouraging and damaging.

It hurts the economy by undermining the operation of a fair market and by discouraging direct foreign investment to a region.

It's amazing and discouraging to see what is argued for in the name of patriotism.

But they also push up the unemployment rate by discouraging workers from looking for jobs as assiduously as they might otherwise do.

An audio tape of your presentation will tell you if you're discouraging laughter by resuming your talk too soon.

Furthermore, our obsession with practice comes with serious drawbacks, since the tedium of practice can prove discouraging for beginners.

All over the country, beach managers have tried to make beaches safer by discouraging the use of glass bottles on the sand.

The U. S. economy is showing new signs of fatigue, depressing financial markets, discouraging consumers and unsettling businesses.

When everyone was talking of his intentions and hopes, one person was inclined to take a discouraging view of the whole subject.

What I have heard so far from Greek economists is deeply discouraging.

As I demonstrated, the failure of California's Proposition 19 legalizing marijuana should not be seen as a discouraging sign.

One move is to try to cut the number of discouraging automated messages warning editors of style breaches and other peccadilloes.

the lack of follow-through from Tuesday's breakout and the fact that the market had given up all of its strong gain is very discouraging.

where seldom is heard a discouraging world and the skies are not cloudy all day.

The experience of failure had been so discouraging for the "smart" kids that they actually regressed.

Doctors keep writing prescriptions, but back in the research lab, the findings are discouraging.

For that reason it is discouraging new sign-ups from China until "we better understand the risk of continued blocking efforts. "

The sky darkened; soon snow was falling in a discouraging abundance.

They are more likely today to be energetic reformers busily discouraging and disrupting production.

While sadness, grief, and anger are normal reactions to discouraging events, they need to be followed by a plan for recovery.

TIGHTLY AGAINST ALL NEGATIVE AND DISCOURAGING INFLUENCES, including negative suggestions of relatives , friends and acquaintances.

After jokingly discouraging his shot, he turns to me a powerful d says "You're a bisexualtch. "

Weighing yourself too soon and too often can be discouraging. Losing weight is an ongoing process.

Hardship, frustrating and discouraging, is the God of the destiny that changing unpredictably all the time.

The data are extremely discouraging since the buffer overflow problem has been widely known in security circles for years.

The sad history of human experience is distinctly discouraging to any such claim.

Above all is the risk that, far from discouraging the wearing of the veil' a ban may serve to encourage it.

It's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time.

These tax breaks have been lowered in recent years, discouraging private individuals from investing further in the rental sector.

The U. S. did issue a travel advisory Monday discouraging nonessential travel there.

For now, even the most optimistic conservationists have to admit that the numbers are discouraging.

Although I am seeking an accounting job, the fact that I have no actual experience in accounting may seem discouraging. However. . .

shoe factories were discouraging orders of boots or any other product that required lots of work and materials.

We need special regimes for such businesses, which would limit gearing, without discouraging entrepreneurs looking to enter these sectors.

It's a little discouraging working as an academic economist because the problems that you work on are so hard.

But instead of seeing the setback as something discouraging, just accept it as a part of the journey.

You must be able to keep your spirit high no matter how discouraging a situation is.

They are absolutely discouraging me from such a dangerous step.

Equally important, it distorts the economy by discouraging adequate investment in either the agricultural or productive sector.

The minimum efficient scale to market size, the capital requirement and product differentiation are factors discouraging .

Like fellow soldiers in the trench, these writers have made tackling both my written and unwritten work less discouraging.

Yields on corporate bonds have been rising again, discouraging companies from raising money.

Pastels are soothing colors , and promote friendliness while discouraging aggression .

Governmental tax policies in many countries are discouraging automobile ownership.

It was felt that each nation's self-interest was served by encouraging its exports and discouraging its imports.

The most discouraging thing is to be misunderstood by others.

Unfortunately, what is coming out of the US is desperately discouraging.

Former Senator John Breaux suggested discouraging early collection of Social Security benefits.

The discouraging reading came a day after the Commerce Department reported an unexpected decline in retail sales.

It's very discouraging that political considerations would push it to do otherwise.

Why not create additional demand at home by discouraging Americans from buying foreign products?

It encourages a kind of intellectual prejudice that has brought with it some discouraging results.

But bankruptcy still carries a powerful stigma, discouraging many entrepreneurs from taking risks.

It is discouraging to tell the truth only to find that we are not believed.

When prostitution and trafficking overlap, the legal situation grows even more discouraging.

There is only one factor of production that is genuinely immobile and can be taxed without discouraging enterprise.

It is great to be recognised, but hugely discouraging not to be.

Spain's Labor Ministry says the hike is typical of the month of August but, nonetheless, discouraging.

discouraging the use of computer technology, equipment and application software to affect human thinking and behavior of technology.

K. and France, have issued travel advisories discouraging their citizens from non-essential travel to Kenya.

Instead of discouraging him, the cool treatment I got fired his competitive instincts.

Lisa: Oh, I was ready for a break! My job hunt has been kind of discouraging lately. But babies always cheer me up!

The item is aimed at discouraging wage defaulters, especially those who cheat migrant workers.

One's resolution is one's prophecy , leave all your discouraging and pessimism behind.

The welfare system imposes a steep implicit tax on low-skilled workers, discouraging them from taking jobs.

Some countries have even banned smoking in public places. People can help each other live longer by simply discouraging these bad habits.

In Zurich, an innovation as simple as the Zuri-Sack serves as a kind of garbage tax, discouraging trash.

Negative news about corruption also plays a role in discouraging people from playing soccer, he added.

No one likes a crybaby, and we disapprove of crying even in children, discouraging it in them as early as possible.

There are four specific pitfalls we all will face: cultural distractions, voices of doubt, tempting shortcuts and discouraging delays.

The red lines on my report card were demeaning, disheartening, and most discouraging.

For now, the central bank has little interest in discouraging bank lending or consumer borrowing.

The researchers aren't discouraging treatment centers from trying tobacco bans.

Labour unions help industrial peace by discouraging wildcat strikes.

The antidote to discouraging delays is to refuse to give up on the dream God gives you.

But Mr Schwarzman was probably focusing on another, more discouraging, matter.

Discouraging customer cross-selling and profiling.

By discouraging exams, then, Harvard is hardly forsaking academic rigor.

Professor Benton said a low GL breakfast helped curb obesity by discouraging snacking.

Politicians have focused since then on discouraging more home-grown bombers.

Death could then be discouraging and result in the loss of that player.

Anyone entertaining such hopes found last week discouraging.

But in a country of 3. 5m the shortage of skilled workers is acute, discouraging foreign firms from investing and slowing their growth.

The discouraging loneliness he described oppresses me.

I had a number of methods for discouraging a search.

The official statistics are mildly discouraging.

But as discouraging as things may seem now, the good news is that the economy always gets back on track after a while.

Its government may well find the MDG exercise mildly discouraging.

It's always both amusing and discouraging to look at public opinion polls on the budget deficit.

There are reasons for discouraging change when adverse economic impact far outweighs the advantages of change.

That suggests an ongoing fall in home prices is discouraging people from buying.

A Greek referendum also risks discouraging serious debate about the options facing the country.

The test results have been very discouraging.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

However discouraging the prospect, they never lost heart.

The hope was that such centres would have a wider positive impact on other scientific activities by, for example, discouraging brain drain.

Officially, though, the government is discouraging heavy reliance on overtime, and workers here said that Honda was not assigning much.

I don't want to give the impression of either endorsing or discouraging people against using outside projects.

The signs from Washington, and from Beijing, are not all discouraging.

Laurie Ryan, program director of Alzheimer's studies at the Institute on Aging, called the results discouraging.

So as deflation took hold after 1929, effective tariff rates climbed, discouraging imports.

Yet one midsize producer in Shanghai says they are also discouraging production.

One is by discouraging foreign direct investment (FDI).

His discouraging response only made me want Bernie all the more.

A discouraging task, four previous failures had taught him.

Made some unwelcome joke or discouraging comment?

Messrs Gates and Bloomberg vowed to spend a combined total of $500m on discouraging the weed.

At first glance, some tasks may seem mind-numbingly overwhelming, thus discouraging you from taking action.

They explore ways of stopping the spread of disease and discouraging behaviors that lead to harm.

In general, this is a discouraging transit that often distorts and disintegrates the individuals on many fronts.

Be thorough, even if the list gets long and discouraging.

The best goals are challenging but not discouraging.

Because I clearly had been abandoned to know how discouraging it is sad thing.

Mr. Panetta's first briefing on bin Laden as CIA chief, in February 2009, was discouraging.

City leaders are leery of discouraging car sales.

An encouraging word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.

Is discouraging the growth of cities an option?

This was very discouraging.

I will never know for sure whether I was encouraging or discouraging my children's interest in technical work by my example.

To hamper by discouraging; deter.

That is why discouraging and treating addiction should be the priority for drug policy.

America needs its Muslims not just for the richness they bring, but also as allies in reporting and discouraging violent Islam.

It's discouraging that so many students have failed.

During highly stressful times, even the simplest daily things -- getting up, showering, fixing something to eat -- can seem discouraging.

It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation.

"This economy is discouraging, " she adds, "but the worst mistake anyone can make is to give up. "

A discouraging list.

HOW do you manage a global boom in nuclear power while discouraging weapons proliferation?

It's discouraging.

They can charge more for water or fertilizer, discouraging waste.

The parallel with Japan 20 years ago is also discouraging.

The government is also discouraging the cultivation in the Amazon of sugarcane, a source of bio ethanol, demand for which is soaring.

What is discouraging for Acer investors is that not even management buys the bull case.

It is surely discouraging for us to stand in line for more than one hour and then be told that we can't see the manager until tomorrow.

Are you encouraging yourself or discouraging yourself?

There's an implication that a normal person can't do math because they don't have this magic power, which is very discouraging.

The most discouraging difficulty about this discussion, however, is that apparently it cannot lead to any so-called practical conclusion;

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Japan and southern Europe have clung to older ways, discouraging women from working and frowning on single-parent families;

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