I thought Tom was going to hit me.

I thought Tom was going to hit me.

It leaks. It's struck by lightning.

It's not hitting us in six months. That's good.

Did she think he'd strike her?

No one can predict where lightning will strike.

This will be where the recession hits hardest.

My father doesn't lift a finger at home.

The VAT increase will hurt, but there was no other way.

If you touch that wire, you will receive a shock.

Will a decline in commodity prices hit Latin America?

A trade agreement such as this puts US and Central American workers in the same labor market.

But it must be recognized that falling educational standards will eventually hit economic growth.

If the whip is cracked in Tegucigalpa today, workers in Charlotte will feel it tomorrow.

The fight against terror turns on who will strike first so far, the terrorists have been faster and more professional than the Russian state.

Surely, such a tax will hit wealthy individuals and financial firms far more than anyone else, and, besides, it will raise a ton of revenue.

The only counterargument is that slower fiscal adjustment would further reduce confidence and thereby defeat the purpose by resulting in lower private spending. This might be true if a country were to declare that it was basically giving up on fiscal consolidation plans and the international support associated with it, but it is highly unlikely if a country decides to lengthen the period of fiscal adjustment in consultation with supporting institutions such as the International Monetary Fund.

EU Economics Commissioner Pedro Solbes warns that Europe's shrinking population will soon hit the Continent's economies hard.

The only counterargument is that slower fiscal adjustment would further reduce confidence and thereby defeat the purpose by resulting in lower private spending.

But, whereas we are likely to see a wave of defaults and IMF programs this time, too, fiscal meltdown does not have to hit every highly indebted country.

Experts are unanimous the financial, food and energy crisis will hammer the bottom billion the poorest in some 60 countries that survive on around a dollar a day the hardest.

No recession, no meltdown will result, but a very serious jolt to world capital markets will take place, especially on the periphery, where the lack of stabilization and reform is covered up by capital inflows.

Whoever wishes to grow bio fuels on land that was previously used for food production must recognize that this would increase food prices, harming the poorest of the poor.

When the crisis hits with full force, the government would nationalize major banks and companies, with the resulting inefficiency then burying the Russian economy, just as it doomed the Soviet Union.

Although the bill has not garnered any traction within the State Duma, its passage would further complicate the rights of LGBTI Russians, who have seen a barrage of legislation in recent years aimed at curtailing their rights under the guise of protecting children.

Even if the US avoids the full fiscal cliff of 4.5 of GDP that is looming at the end of the year, it is highly likely that a fiscal drag amounting to 1.5 of GDP will hit the economy in 2013.

That means that they can be students, young parents, and be able to sort of duck and dive around the basics of cooking, no matter what recession hits them next time. If you can cook, recession money doesn't matter.

Any non trivial trade sanctions (including sanctions on Russian financial institutions) would be much more painful than the direct cost of subsidizing Crimea.