>From the Washington Post by way of the BLS Daily:

>The global financial crisis, which a few weeks ago seemed spiraling out
>of control, has suddenly eased on a number of fronts - raising the
>tantalizing prospect that its worst period may have passed. ...

It's so easy to overlook the allusion to Tantalus, to read "tantalizing" as
something other than a verdict that the desired object is just out of reach.
Literally, the quote from the Washington Post says exactly the opposite of
"the worst is over." 


Regards, 

Tom Walker
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