11.   NBC and Turner maintain a giddy confidence that the NBA can weather recessions and continue to churn out profits at such high levels.

12.   The announcement followed recent meetings with analysts at which Caterpillar officials expressed optimism that the maker of construction machinery and other equipment could weather a recession.

13.   The Mexico miracle, according to many economists and businesspeople, will return once Mexico weathers its recession.

14.   Ironically, one reason Bavaria is weathering the recession better than the rest of Germany is because it once was an agricultural backwater.

15.   Macfarlane said Australia had weathered global recession without itself experiencing one.