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In a completely flexible system, the central banks follow a simple set of rules – they do nothing to directly affect the level of the exchange rate, in other words they do not intervene in the foreign exchange market (and therefore, there are no official reserve transactions).” “How is that?” “When I used to come to your house to chop wood she used to begin: 'Oh, you sot, you! Oh, you miserable creature! There's nothing for you but ruin.Damn that Geoff, was nothing sacred? “It's a secret — meant to be.The focus on caste in politics can sometimes give an impression that elections are all about caste and nothing else.” September didn't see how that was going to do her very much good, but they were eight to one and all older than she, so she said nothing.There was nothing incriminating or unmentionably foul about the actress s tirade against the producer.It is based on the assumption that socially accepted behaviour is not abnormal, and that normality is nothing more than conformity to social norms.The fare was thirty paise one way — “which is almost nothing at all,” she heard one well-dressed man say, but to alli, who scarcely saw that much money from one month to the next, it seemed a fortune.Surely it was nothing unusual for poor vagabonds without any better shelter for the night to be attracted to the forge by the glow of light which escaped through the sooty panes, and to come in to warm themselves in front of the fire.He had naturally been thinking of his rattraps when suddenly he was struck by the idea that the whole world about him — the whole world with its lands and seas, its cities and villages — was nothing but a big rattrap.And gee, look how she can draw!” Maddie could say nothing.Management by exception, which is often referred to as control by exception, is an important principle of management control based on the belief that an attempt to control everything results in controlling nothing.She burst into a flood of tears, and nothing that her Maids of Honour could say comforted her.) (whispering to Omega) Do you hear anything? (whispering back) Nothing.” “Nothing to be afraid of about that,” she answered.