anxiety future
frozen gain root
instability our track
witnessing money
excesses approved
refinance created
adjustable-rate
stuck worth less
guaranteed domino effect
defaulted securities
saddled assets collapse
gears grinding to a halt
free enterprise
panic plummet
lose pay windfall
banks threaten
Wall Street
confident
dreams
history
real
(*from President Bush's speech on economic
crisis, September 24, 2008)
