Beginning guys, it's like, they thrash, they thrash, they get 15 feet up and they can do about 15 pull ups right And then they just flame out.

You can bend over and look at your reflection in the mirror and maybe run your finger and make a small ripple, or you can jump in and thrash around and see what it feels like, what it smells like.

At times of serious economic distress, policymakers thrash about seeking solutions, and some people lose confidence in the economic system itself. Indeed, in the Great Depression of the 1930 s, it was common for Western intellectuals to turn to communism and central planning as a hoped for panacea.

The ministers were in Washington to attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, where they attempted to thrash out differences and establish common ground before the upcoming summit. The tone set by Murdoch, however, suggests that a consensus on sustainable, inclusive growth will be hard to achieve.

Even if there is no consensus on what a solution might be, can t they meet and thrash out a plan that goes beyond their repeated half measures? It is only because of the European Central Bank s bold decision to lend long term to banks that we have seen some respite recently, or so their argument goes.