10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICAWBERISM»
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Micawberism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Micawberism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1: ...
13. MICAWBERISM. On 7 January 1981, as expected, the Councillors made
clear that they did not like any ideas for negotiations and, of those being
canvassed, a freeze to the dispute for a period of time was the least objectionable
. They were ...
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The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: The origins ...
13. MICAWBERISM. On 7 January 1981, as expected, the Councillors made
clear that they did not like any ideas for negotiations and, of those being
canvassed, a freeze to the dispute for a period of time was the least objectionable
. They were ...
... drifting and idle determination by force of circumstances, no cultivated
Opportunism or Inopportunism, as it usually proves to be in the end, no State
Micawberism, will ever save or defend an empire. They can only make a great
country small.
What Micawberism hopes will turn up — i.e., a spontaneous change in
Communism — is really the hope that the Communists will ultimately abandon
their whole world view — a process (in the words of Professor Gerhart Niemeyer
of Notre ...
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Confrontation, Strategy and War Termination: Britain's ...
Orme, for example, notes the tendency towards 'Micawberism' in termination
decisions — persevering even in adverse conditions in the hope that 'something
will turn up'?” Orme argues that: 'Because the future is uncertain — and
something ...
Dr Christopher Tuck, 2013
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Financial Stability and Central Banks: A Global Perspective
For aficionados of Charles Dickens, awaiting the chanceof betternews, or 'waiting
for something toturnup', is known as 'Micawberism'. Micawberism indealing
withailing banks is a chronic temptation inthe eyes ofcentral bankersalarmed by
the ...
Richard Brearley, Juliette Healey, Peter J N Sinclair, 2002
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Politics, democracy, and the Supreme Court: essays on the ...
that "Micawberism"122 — the notion that sooner or later something will turn up to
rescue man from his follies — is so prevalent. In a previous Article, I suggested
that this country "has survived and prospered thus far, not because of the ...
Arthur Selwyn Miller, 1985
A paradox was involved here, for the intellectual advisers in charge of shaping up
the New Deal long-term program lacked their chief's incorrigible Micawberism. Mr
. Roosevelt's intellectual advisers took their cue from economics professors ...
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Old Risks-New Solutions, or Is It the Other Way Around?
Perhaps because of perceived shortcomings in claims preparation; perhaps
simply a sort of reverse Micawberism—that “something may turn up” to establish
that the insurers are not in fact liable—or perhaps insurers do not trust their
insured ...
Gero Verheyen, Edith Quintrell, 2013
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Storm Proof Your Money: Weather Any Economy, Rebuild Your ...
In England this is known as “Micawberism,” after Wilkins Micawber, a character in
Charles Dickens's David Copperfield. Mr. Micawber noted that if money in beat
money out, even by a penny, the result was financial happiness. If the reverse: ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICAWBERISM»
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Micawberism is used in the context of the following news items.
Abe needs to weigh sense over sensibility during US trip
... when it comes to national and international interests, a wise man always chooses sense over sensibility, and pragmatism over Micawberism. «Xinhua, Apr 15»
No one who backs the UK can deny the legitimacy of the SNP
Nothing that encourages its tendency towards Micawberism does anything for peace and progress in Ulster. However, my reading of both Tory ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Dellal v Dellal and Others [2015] EWHC 907 (Fam)
... judgment applications about which submissions were made to me concerns what is sometimes labelled Micawberism. Put shortly, the principle is that, in order ... «Family Law Week, Apr 15»
Mr Osborne's Economic Experiment: Austerity 1945-51 and 2010 …
... explaining (what every housewife knows) that if you have 90p and spend £1.10 (... etc; Micawberism essentially) as economists up and down ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Canny and in control: TK Whitaker – Portrait of a Patriot
... who published an article in the public service journal Administration the following year challenging the department's “inverted Micawberism, ... «Irish Times, Oct 14»
Socialist Ireland edges out capitalism to the margins
It is Micawberism if anything. Because when government gets the idea that anything they decide they want must be paid for, it leads them down ... «Irish Independent, Sep 14»
Judge compares Craig Whyte to Dickens character
“In my judgment the master was right to reject these arguments, which I regard as pure Micawberism.” Dynamic Dart Advertisement. «Scotsman, Dec 13»
Budget 2013: How George Osborne ran out of ideas
His strategy is not radicalism but Micawberism, a hope that something might turn up. It's mixture of stubbornness, caution, resolve and ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 13»
Doron Rosenblum's good reasons for baseless optimism
It's hard to live in Israel without at least a dollop of Micawberism. But now, at the start of the election season, and especially when it comes to ... «Haaretz, Oct 12»
Despite the crisis, Britons are still spending like drunkards
Thus Micawberism replaces tough choices. Defenders of unreformed state spending – an escalator with no down switch – like to talk of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 12»
