bigworm  +  98193 Wed, 11 May 05 05:20 AM As Mr. Wood observed in the gloom of the immediate post-crisis fall-out in Asia:"There was only one real emerging market in the 1990s-the United States How to understand the word "post-crisis" and "fall-out"? Thanks, bigworm Joined on Mon, Nov 29 2004 New Member 25

	CalifJim  +  98201 Wed, 11 May 05 05:38 AM post-crisis = after the crisis fall-out = aftermath; resulting situation Hence, "the gloom of the immediate post-crisis fall-out in Asia" = "the pessimistic atmosphere experienced in Asia during the period immediately following the crisis, when the implications of the crisis were just beginning to be felt" CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,389 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche