Word: birching
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...strategy of Dutch funds "is to outlast the slump, then take advantage of what they believe will be significant growth." Some U.K. funds are also sticking to higher-risk shares, rather than moving to lower-risk bonds (and risking being out of the market when equities recover). Says John Birch, secretary to BA's pensions schemes: "Over the long-term, equities will outperform bonds." Other E.U. nations with escalating pension bills are nudging their populations toward private-sector retirement funds. Jana Adler, a German mother of two, has signed up for a private pension scheme, but she's not venturing...
...every 10 minutes or so with sinister rumbles. No wonder the native Itelmen people once thought the volcanoes were inhabited by gomuls?Xghosts that roasted whales over huge bonfires, sending forth clouds of smoke and rivers of boiling fat. After camping by the Sestryonka River, we hiked through birch forests and fields of wild purple irises to the Valley of Geysers...
...every 10 minutes or so, with sinister rumbles. No wonder the native Itelmen people once thought the volcanoes were inhabited by gomuls--ghosts who roasted whales over huge bonfires, sending forth clouds of smoke and rivers of boiling fat. After camping by the Sestryonka River, we hiked through birch forests and fields of wild purple irises to the Valley of Geysers...
...Thora Birch, an actress best known for her roles in American Beauty and Ghost World, will play Murray in the movie...
Next weekend, Murray will fly to Los Angeles so Birch can “investigate” her character for the film...