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...bank and brokerage firm called KIT Finance, which defaulted on its debt when the markets shut down; it was rescued by an investment arm of the state energy giant Gazprom. Other erstwhile high-flying financial firms in Russia remain at risk. According to the business newspaper Kommersant, the Russian central bank has drawn up a "red list" of 15 other second-tier banks that, like KIT, are in urgent need of financial assistance...
...George Washington called Charlotte, N.C., a "trifling place." In 1941 an author scoffed that the city had as much use for high-rises "as a hog has for a morning coat." By 1991, Charlotte was still a minor-league city without major-league sports, a cultural wasteland with a central business district that died every weekday after work. "No restaurants. No nightlife. Nothing," recalls seven-term Republican mayor Pat McCrory. "You could lie down in the street and never have to worry about getting run over." A local planner gained notoriety by proving it was impossible to find a Snickers...
Within each Spike Lee movie, a dozen different films are fighting to get out, and the best one doesn't always win. Miracle at St. Anna lugs its central narrative around much as Train does the statue head. And just as he rubs it for good luck, so Lee hopes the bonding of slow, sweet, huge Train and little Angelo - a kitschy mix of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and Charlie Chaplin's The Kid - will propel audiences through the screeds on racism and the disasters...
...With the change from division to school, SEAS now deals directly with the central administration in regards to financial matters and has access to more revenue, according to Harry E. Dumay, SEAS’ chief financial officer...
...debate prep is given over to mastering another basic rule: never make the rookie's mistake of actually trying to answer the question you are asked. Candidates are told instead to quickly "pivot" into their central campaign message whenever possible...