Word: braced
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...general and an avid fan of popular cinema and genre fiction, Bolaño punctuates the beginning of a long penchant for the referential with an invocation of detective novels: “Anyway, as Hans Henny Jahn, I think, once wrote: if you find a murder victim, better brace yourself, because the bodies will soon becoming thick and fast…”The centerpiece of “The Skating Rink,” Bolaño’s first novel, is an idiosyncratic narrative structure and style that the novelist would expand upon and perfect...
...Brace for impact. The global recession has hit air carriers everywhere, but a sharp decline in passenger numbers is especially bad news for India. With oil prices rising to $73 a barrel, Indian airlines - which carry just 2% of the world's passengers - could sustain more than $2.5 billion in losses this year, accounting for one-fourth of the projected $9 billion in losses for the entire industry, according to the International Air Transport Association. Weighed down by overcapacity, debt and the government's refusal to provide bailouts, Indian carriers are being forced to slash their operations and reduce ticket...
...cutbacks will accelerate as card companies try to shore up their finances before the new regulations take effect early next year. "Credit-card companies are on a reign of terror," he says. "The new rules aren't going to change that anytime soon." Adds McBride: "Consumers will have to brace themselves for higher fees, higher rates and lower lines going forward." And that applies to those with good credit scores as well...
...Arnold Schwarzenegger says the state should abolish its welfare program. Doing so would save $1.3 billion and rip a large gaping hole in the safety net that now keeps more than 500,000 California families like the Sandovals out of homeless shelters. (Read "With a New Budget, Now Californians Brace for the Pain...
...Nava Mekong launched this year and sails twice daily, journeying two hours upstream between high hills forested with teak trees, and past fishermen casting their nets from tiny craft. Among the destinations are the Pak Ou caves, where a brace of limestone grottoes houses thousands of Buddhist statues and images. (See TIME's Global Adviser for exotic, beautiful and interesting getaways...