You can argue whether flatlining is an economy half-full or half-empty, but Gramm’s comments put out there the idea that a McCain administration would start from the basis of everything being peachy and it’s nothing that a few tax cuts for corporations and very rich people won’t sort out. ❋ Unknown (2008)
While seemingly dead -- and "flatlining" -- little Lily imagines she comes in contact with the man of her dreams and they make love, so that when she comes out of it in the hospital, she's got a new assignment for life: Find that guy and land him. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Thus, ending a show with Jack next to a primed bomb or Jack flatlining is ludicrous, because we know that the next show will begin with Jack getting out of the bomb’s range, and Jack will cough and sputter his way back to life. ❋ Unknown (2005)
When hospital monitors that are hooked up to a preemie baby, or a newborn, or any sick person show the end of electrical activity, we call it flatlining. ❋ Michael Gurian (2002)
Overall foreign aid from the G-8 is "flatlining," the group said, adding that "any 'new' money for maternal health will have to be taken from vital areas such as education and food." ❋ Unknown (2010)
Senate Republicans have indicated that 'flatlining' education spending is a possibility, and Gov. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The Treasury, and some in the City, have always maintained that after years of "flatlining" they could not be expected to anticipate a spike in the price of gold. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The President, under pressure because of the flatlining economy and the ramp-up to the 2012 election, is facing two emerging verticals in the immigration debate that are compromising the loyalty of Hispanics: breaking his promise to overhaul the immigration system in his first year and accelerated enforcement, specifically bragging about the record deportations-about a million-due in part to of Secure Communities. ❋ Viviana Hurtado (2011)
Osborne has blamed the euro crisis for sapping confidence and sparking a collapse in demand across the economy, a view rejected by Labour, which argues that Britain has been flatlining since last summer – long before the Greek crisis reached a critical point. ❋ Unknown (2011)
There is a trend for semaphoring views in the Commons at the moment, such as Ed Balls's "flatlining economy" hand gesture. ❋ Unknown (2011)
It opens with a heart monitor flatlining, before tinkling pianos and warm melodies deliver lines pondering mortality and whether heavenly bagpipes await those "born on the wrong side of the crack pipe". ❋ Unknown (2011)
Thursday night's "jobs" speech is one of your most important: you must convince anxious and increasingly skeptical Americans that your plan will create employment and stimulate the flatlining economy toward recovery--and away from recession. ❋ Viviana Hurtado (2011)
The New York Times reports that various plastic bag-reduction initiatives around the country are stalling – or flatlining – due to economics. ❋ Unknown (2009)
With activity flatlining, Madrid may miss its deficit-reduction targets, which could force the government into another round of growth-draining austerity. ❋ Brian Blackstone (2011)
The country's total national debt is one of the largest anywhere, more than £930 billion $1.48 trillion, and the economic expansion needed to deal with that is flatlining. ❋ David Cottle (2011)
