Word: browning
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...process, the U.K. has essentially begun that nationalization of some banks. It will end up with a 70% share in RBS. The stunning part of the program is, according to Bloomberg, that the government will require aid recipients to sign "specific and quantified" agreements to lend, reflecting Brown's frustration at the failure of an October rescue to unlock credit markets. (See pictures of London's gathering storm...
Last October, when British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Finance Minister, Alistair Darling, unveiled their emergency intervention to recapitalize U.K. banks, they did so in front of a capacity crowd in the oak-paneled suite of rooms at 10 Downing Street, which are used for the Prime Minister's press briefings. At this morning's sequel performance, when Brown and Darling presented their new emergency plan to try again to get banks lending, journalists were outnumbered by their hosts and attendant staff. In just a few months, the prospect of the government spending billions of pounds of taxpayers' money...
...That's partly because, as Brown himself pointed out, "almost every country in the world followed" where he led in the fall, introducing their own variants on the recapitalization scheme. But it's also because Britain is no longer in the vanguard in dealing with the crisis. Germany's recently unveiled stimulus package came later but is bigger than its British equivalent. The world is understandably much more interested in what President-elect Barack Obama's Administration will do than in what is being done in Britain today. (See pictures of the financial crisis in London...
...dimly lit, spacious underground cavern, Buffalo Billiards is your typical crowd-accommodating billiards bar, with a "lodged-in-a-mountain-cabin" feel. A brown bear, a cowboy boot lamp, ceiling canoes, an abundance of wood and a Native American statue, are all part of the rustic theme in this two-barred joint, laden with pool tables, shuffleboards and small tables. While the bar hasn't prepared anything special for inauguration weekend - besides an extended hour deal - they expect a huge crowd, of both regulars and passerbys. If you're seeking out a hearty burger, a stimulating game of darts...
...relatively minor fatalities. This TIME story from 1956 recounts the emergency landing of a Pan American non-jet plane in the Pacific Ocean, when all passengers and crew members made it out alive. In general, airplanes are designed to "float long enough" to get people off the plane, says Brown; in practice, the crew generally has about 90 seconds to evacuate...