Word: baseness
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...trillion package of state and central-bank aid doled out to Britain's lenders - both "have worked hard on their balance sheets," says Simon Maughan, a banking analyst at MF Global brokerage in London. Having tapped Middle East investors last year in an effort to bolster its capital base, Barclays agreed in June to sell the investment unit BGI to U.S. fund manager BlackRock for $13 billion. HSBC, for its part, pulled in close to $18 billion in a bumper-rights issue in April. The result: "Survival is no longer the issue" for these banks, says Maughan. "Growth...
...group's name. Just before dawn, approximately 400 police from state and federal departments fanned out across Melbourne and its southwest, raiding 19 properties and arresting four men and questioning others. The police claim they had foiled a suicide plot by Al-Shabaab supporters to storm a Sydney military base and kill as many soldiers as possible...
...Dominican cafe cooking spicy sandwiches, and an old Jewish deli hawking hunks of pastrami (all cheap, for the visitor). Some blocks resemble a World's Fair of bargain grocery stores, places of worship, and trendy bars. Red brick housing projects hide not far away. Even while standing at the base of a solid and impressive historic landmark, the outsider cannot escape feeling the juxtapositions in his gut. Novelist Price enjoys visiting Schiller's in part for the decor, which was taken from old warehouses. One of his comments captures a modern Lower East Side sensibility: "It's all a stage...
...Kirill took a swipe at the West for its pursuit of material well-being, suggesting that the desire to fill "one's stomach and pocket" was a base motive for moving toward Europe - a thinly veiled criticism of Ukraine's attempts to integrate with the E.U. Many thousands turned out to cheer the patriarch on his tour of Ukraine, but comments like that one also brought hundreds into the streets in protest. Scuffles broke out in Kiev last week when a crowd of several hundred demonstrators chanted and held banners reading, "Go Away, Moscow Pope." (See pictures of Pope Benedict...
...able to go home," said Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl, 23, of Hailey, Idaho, in a 28-minute video newly released by Taliban. Believed to be the first U.S. service member captured in Afghanistan since 2001, Bergdahl had last been seen on June 30 while leaving his base in the turbulent region of Paktika, near the border with Pakistan. U.S. officials denounced the tape, posted in part on YouTube, as "propaganda" that violates international...