Word: broking
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...releases from a fortnight ago - the Nic Cage Knowing, the buddy comedy I Love You, Man and Julia Roberts' Duplicity - filled out the other slots in the top seven. Wrestling star John Cera's 12 Rounds continued its flabby run, and the Amy Adams indie comedy Sunshine Cleaning broke into...
...summit gathered outside the high walls of the Bank of England in the heart of London's financial quarter on Wednesday and demonstrated over everything from the meltdown in the financial system to the growing threat from climate change. Some people got a little too excited; after protesters broke windows at the nearby headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland - which recently needed a government bailout to avoid going under - one or two people looted the lender's computer equipment. A few dozen more scuffled with police outside, but overall the protest was less violent than many had feared...
...England and France at some point in their nations' long histories claimed a divine right to rule, a right often amplified by titles bestowed by the Pope in Rome. (The Queen, in fact, still has the title Defender of the Faith, an honor given to Henry VIII before he broke with the Catholic Church and established the Church of England.) That touch of holiness once gave the occupant of the throne the supposed ability to cure certain diseases - most famously, scrofula, a terrible skin ailment that was called "the king's evil." Thus, the miraculous contact had to be conserved...
...months ago, Travis, a 200-pound, 14-year-old male chimp, broke free from his house in Stamford, Conn., and mauled a woman to near-death. Travis’s owner, Sandy Herold, sought to slay Travis with a butcher’s knife; it took several police bullets to kill...
...Will the summit achieve anything? It would be a surprise if it broke up in disarray - the stakes are too high for that. But it would be as surprising if measurable progress were made on every item on the agenda...