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  • In his Fizzles the Irish word deasil, which means 'clockwise,' suddenly appears, and we recall that it is also used conspicuously as the first word in the Oxen of the Sun episode in Ulysses.

    Nayman of Noland Ellmann, Richard 1986

  • Dollar Rally Fizzles 10-Year Treasury Yield Rises Gold Gains | Oil Off Lows Europe Edges Off Lows Heavy Losses in Asia Blue-chip stocks closed off a turbulent week with a gain, but it wasn't enough to prevent major indexes from staging their biggest weekly declines since the financial crisis.

    Dow Whipsaws to a Gain Steven Russolillo 2011

  • Related Article Call for General Strike in Oakland Fizzles In San Francisco, officials were initially against Occupier encampments and, for weeks, police limited protesters' tent sites.

    An 'Occupy' Tale of Three Cities Bobby White 2011

  • More Hedge Funds Continue to Recover Blackstone Group's Loss Widens Avago IPO Soars, but CDC Fizzles On a conference call, Blackstone Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman said that two-thirds of the companies in Blackstone's private-equity portfolio expected to see either positive or flat earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, in 2009 versus the previous year.

    Business of Buyouts Sees Signs of Rebound 2009

  • Thai Strike Fizzles Political tensions eased in Thailand after a threatened strike by thousands of workers fell flat.

    In a Rut 2008

  • Thai Strike Fizzles Political tensions eased in Thailand after a threatened strike by thousands of workers fell flat.

    Grinding Gears 2008

  • Fay Fizzles Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had cautioned it could become.

    Wholesale Worries 2008

  • But, as Gareth Porter suggests in "Rice's Iran strategy Fizzles, Cheney Waits in Wings," all Cheney was doing was just giving Rice enough rope.

    Just Like with Torture, Cheney's Got His Teeth Sunk into Iran 2007

  • ALPF was kind enough to send a clip from the Edmonton Sun with the welcome headline "Anti-abortion Fight Fizzles": The Conservative party abandoned the fight for an abortion law yesterday after four decades of bitter national debate that sparked court challenges, police raids and passionate protest.

    even the right is more left 2005

  • Stock Rally Fizzles After advancing early, stocks slipped back into the red Tuesday as Freddie Mac's quarterly report dragged on the markets.

    Freddie's Tough Luck 2007

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