Word: actualizing
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...number right? Probably not. When looking at a market as large as mortgage-backed securities, once the magnitude becomes too great, it is impossible to be precise to the last dime. But, the figure is almost certainly within a narrow range of the actual problem big banks still face. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...corrupted the culture of contrition as well. Public apologies now play like vaudeville: the extravagant remorse of disgraced televangelists, the snarled "I'm sorry" of celebrities who exude regret at being caught rather than being wrong, the artful admissions of politicians who want credit for their confessions without any actual cost. We've learned to peel them apart with tweezers, find the insincerity and self-interest: If I caused any offense (you thin-skinned morons), I regret it. And so apologies are drained of their healing powers...
Rolcats takes photos from a Russian Lolcats website called Kotomatrix.ru and claims to translate the Cyrillic captions into English. However, the translations don't match the actual Russian text. A joke about a cat inspecting for contraband items, for instance, actually says something about a making sure that the purchased items match the receipt. And those two fighting kittens? The Russian joke does not insult one of its former republics. English version: "You punch like a Georgian...
...down more than 18% from year-ago levels. Nationwide, according to a recent forecast by economists at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, housing prices in China may decline 10% to 15% this year, as the overall economy struggles amidst the global financial crisis. "Housing prices far surpassed the actual incomes of the general public" over the last five years says CASS economist Chen Xigang. "They are now correcting...
...lustful and aggressive self-victimization.” Although most European societies are maintaining an ever increasing level of peace and order, he stipulates that the violent news coverage trend in the media keeps growing. Groebner argues that people need fear and violence, regardless of its actual predominance—or lack thereof—around them. Still, it’s a shame that he couldn’t manage to use the skill with which he depicts the evolution of Ungestalt in the rest of “Defaced.”Beyond its redemptive educational and entertainment...