The phrase “drawing a line in the sand” has an unhappy history. In the U.S., it is said to have originated with Colonel William B. Travis, who drew a line in the sand at the Alamo declaring his willingness to fight and die rather than surrender. In 2008, following the takeover of Bear Stearns earlier that year, federal authorities drew a line in the sand and let Lehman Brothers go bankrupt. And in recent weeks, Fed officials have seemed to draw a line in the sand on inflation.
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