Word: bottomly
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Naturally, when Picower's wife found him at the bottom of the pool at their Palm Beach, Fla., home on Oct. 25, speculation about what had happened ran wild. But the county medical examiner quickly ruled that Picower had drowned after suffering a heart attack. His death may ensure that this chapter of the Madoff affair will remain veiled in mystery...
...Kenya, which is gaining a reputation, even among other African nations, as a political basket case where violence is only waiting for the next election to break out again. Leaders have consistently chosen to look after themselves and protect their own rather than trying to get to the bottom of the post-election turmoil and iron out differences between the country's ethnic groups. (See pictures of President Obama's family tree...
...they don't. In 2008, retailer Macy's lost just under $5 billion, but only $33 million of that qualified as a tax loss eligible for credits against future profits. Other times a company books a much bigger tax benefit than its actual losses. Citigroup, for instance, had a bottom-line loss of nearly $28 billion in the numbers it reported to shareholders and the SEC. But at the same time, it recorded a $30 billion increase in tax credits...
...salt-water sea, named Sea of Twin, rests at the intersection of the top and bottom portions of the gourd. The dwarves live in wooded, verdant forests to the north but do not need the lumber of their forests because they are born with magic forces that permit them to grow food and make torches, etc. without disrupting nature...
Clinton is unwilling to acknowledge these problems, and her staff is loath to admit her occasional mistakes. Her praise for the President is fulsome, and aides say the relationship with Obama really - really - is strong. But there are also burblings and emanations from Clinton's staff and friends, Foggy Bottom body language, that suggest there is a need for the Administration to produce a second act after the Rodney King phase. And the White House is perplexed by the uncharacteristic lack of discipline indicated by Clinton's occasional overseas gaffes...