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Finance ministers, central bankers and big-deal financiers have arrived in Washington for the annual Oktoberfest of economic policy-making, and in case you couldn't tell from the headlines over the past few days, they're plenty worried that the global recovery is about to lose steam.

Central bankers are huddling in search of a magic elixir to ward off deflation Steven Pearlstein 2010

Try to imagine this: A big-deal college football coach—say, Nick Saban of national champs Alabama—sends weekly handwritten letters to a son away at college, urging the young man to place education ahead of athletics.

A Coach's Notes On the Everyday Gregg Easterbrook 2012

I order a big creamy bowl of café au lait when the place is peppered with discreet, big-deal New Yorkers.

New York Steve Garbarino 2012

Finance ministers, central bankers and big-deal financiers have arrived in Washington for the annual Oktoberfest of economic policy-making, and in case you couldn't tell from the headlines over the past few days, they're plenty worried that the global recovery is about to lose steam.

Central bankers are huddling in search of a magic elixir to ward off deflation Steven Pearlstein 2010

And that, my friends, is exactly the kind of high-wire metaphorical artistry that moves the likes of famous authors and big-deal book publishers to often totally think about responding to my calls, emails, letters, instant messages, and attempts to catch them on Skype.

John Shore: Love Loses: Barnes and Noble's Big Fat Bell Book Fail John Shore 2011

The Court teased us again today, handing down decisions in three boring cases, but none of the big-deal cases that are pending.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Supreme Court Relist watch 2010

This was a big-deal event, long and lovingly planned, with attention given to every detail.

Liz Neumark: Can You Feel the Love? Liz Neumark 2011

This year his excuse was yet another elite party: a farewell for David Axelrod, at the Dupont Circle pad of former top staffer Linda Douglass, filled with top admin officials, senior White House folks and a smattering of big-deal journalists.

Alfalfa Club draws Bushes but no Obama to annual dinner, as POTUS skips black-tie affair for Axelrod farewell The Reliable Source 2011

There were Charlton Heston and Sydney Pollack - big-deal guys, who might have been the montage closer in any other year.

Editing the final credits of the academy's 'In Memoriam' 2011

Finance ministers, central bankers and big-deal financiers have arrived in Washington for the annual Oktoberfest of economic policy-making, and in case you couldn't tell from the headlines over the past few days, they're plenty worried that the global recovery is about to lose steam.

Central bankers are huddling in search of a magic elixir to ward off deflation Steven Pearlstein 2010