Word: allowed
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...Moreover, the specter of insolvency might be looming for some institutions. That calls for a plan to treat zombie banks, one that does not involve more taxpayer money again. This is why it is imperative that Congress proceeds to pass new insolvency-regime legislation to allow for orderly receivership of complex financial institutions...
...editorial cartoon by “Samuel L. Clemens” continues the fine work I’ve come to expect from The Crimson over the years. (Anyone remember the “presidential neckwear” cartoon published shortly after the announcement of our first female president? Allow me to jog your memory: contrasting with a necktie, President Faust’s accessory was a dog collar and leash...
...judge, and I do not pass judgment over judicial cases." - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, when asked if he would consider commuting Saberi's sentence as a gesture of goodwill to the U.S., adding, "I think Mr. Obama, as a sign of change and also to encourage friendship, should allow laws to be processed fairly and allow the judiciary to carry out its duties." (BBC, April...
...open secret for some years now that the U.S. deems President Hamid Karzai incapable of delivering the sort of governance essential to winning the war against the Taliban. His administration is notoriously corrupt, dependent on the support of unsavory warlords - some of whom are no more inclined to allow girls to go to school than is the Taliban - and may possibly even be in league with drug traffickers. And yet, this week's news that Gul Agha Sherzai, seen by many Western diplomats as a favored challenger to Karzai, had chosen not to stand in the August election seems...
...December that will have all U.S. troops out of his country by the end of 2011, Maliki appears less willing than ever to accept Washington's political tutelage. But the way he's doing things may not be the way the U.S. would want them to be done to allow for a satisfactory outcome in Iraq...