Word: actualizing
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...government takes over more banks and forces the entire banking system to flush bad assets from its books. If you priced all bank assets at current market values, the banking system would be insolvent, the reasoning goes, so make them take the hit and then press restart. Those with actual banking experience, though, tend to be dubious about market pricing and counsel patience. "The banks have a lot of practice at working out troubled assets, and most other parts of the economy don't," says Gary Townsend, a former bank regulator and industry analyst who runs the hedge fund Hill...
...cuts, the Houses should do what they can to ensure that the personal infrastructure of the House—specifically the continued presence of tutors and important House administrators—survive such a drastic budget reduction. Extras such as food for House events should be eliminated long before actual academic and administrative positions that play such a central role in the Harvard experience start to be considered expendable...
Despite the intense nature of some of the footage, Disneynature has cleaned up the material for young children - no actual killing is shown on film - and Earth is rated G. For a nature film, Earth also takes a notably G-rated stance on the subject of the environment. Climate change is mentioned a few times in passing - and we see a male polar bear in northern Norway struggling with melting sea ice - but there is no real message or explanation of it here. Instead of doom, the overall mood is joy, the renewal that comes with rain...
...Samuel ’12, who attended the event, said that she enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the research process. “It’s helped me connect the dots more with what I’m learning in school and as it applies to actual research in public health. So it was very informative,” she said...
...this decade, the waterway's piracy problem reached crisis levels. Attacks ranged from small-scale robberies by lightly armed desperados to highly organized hijackings of giant vessels by teams of professionals. According to the International Maritime Bureau of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Strait of Malacca suffered 38 actual or attempted pirate attacks in 2004, the second highest total in the world after Indonesia. "We don't stand a chance" against the pirates, an Indonesian naval officer conceded at the time. In 2005, the London insurance market added the strait to its list of areas at risk...