Word: armfuls
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...here. People whinge about the lack of political opposition. But if you look at what happened in 1994, lack of opposition looks pretty small fare." Dabbs Cavin, 42, a lawyer and commercial banker, moved with his wife and family from Arkansas to Rwanda last year to set up an arm of the microcredit lender Opportunity International and merge it with a local bank. "Kagame has a vision, he's doing all the right things, and that's attractive," he says. "No country has ever risen as fast, and from as low a point. It's an exciting thing...
...addition to his arm, the senior’s legs have also been known to carry the offense. He has nearly 600 rushing yards during his career, and the quarterback attributes some of his run skills to important childhood experience as a running back...
Another such problematic comment came in 2004, when he pointed out that many borrowers could save money by taking out adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMS). Many borrowers did save money with ARMs, and the idea that a few words from Greenspan at a credit-union meeting persuaded millions of others to take out teaser-rate loans they couldn't afford stretches belief. But with ARM-related defaults on the rise, it doesn't look good...
There are signs, though, that change is under way. While his predecessors kept union negotiations at arm's length, union leaders say Walsh's direct negotiation with his counterpart helped speed up a resolution. Ahead of BA's move next year into the new $8.5 billion Heathrow Terminal 5, the airline persuaded thousands of ground staff to agree to change their practices. Such deals, Walsh says, are "evidence of securing agreement without hassle, without friction...
Former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers will serve as a member of one of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s three new advisory panels, which will each help guide an arm of the $34.6 billion philanthropic organization, the foundation announced yesterday...