Word: centralization
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...regulating bonuses, was also forced to abandon his initial call for a precise salary cap. By the end of the summit, he suggested that the best solution would be stricter rules on capital levels - a proposal that has already been made by the Financial Stability Board, a group of central bankers and regulators that has been tasked by the G-20 with formulating a plan to target bonuses. (See pictures of Nicolas Sarkozy...
...quickly get to a very, very deep level of exposure because you're talking about your personal life. But once you go home, you may speak with these people on the phone, you may meet them for coffee or brunch, but they're not part of your central core of intimates. Some may become so, of course. But all support groups have that in common...
...Harvard co-ed lineup found a bit more trouble in its efforts at the Nevins Trophy regatta at the US Merchant Marine Academy and the Hatch Brown Trophy regatta hosted by MIT and Boston University, finishing 12th and 18th, respectively.A small Crimson co-ed contingent also competed at the Central Series Two regatta hosted by Boston College and UMASS Boston, finishing 14th as a team.MRS. HURST BOWLThe women’s team found some unusual difficulty in the waters of Hanover, N.H. over the weekend. Having won the event two out of the past three years, the squad placed seventh...
...advantage by appearing weak!' So now I'm accused of being weak at home because I didn't go tit for tat with you on trade, and you're accused of being the 'enemy'- a common refrain, by the way, in the increasingly xenophobic quarters of our central government's propaganda department. That's O.K. - for now. We easily could have immediately stopped imports of U.S. chickens or auto parts or anything else by concocting some health risk or claiming a failure to meet Chinese safety standards. Instead, we kicked the can down the road, launching an 'investigation' about possible...
...northeast area of the prayer grounds and the other from the west. Soon after the second march began, its participants clashed with supporters of the President, but according to witnesses, the green demonstrators held their ground. In the first march, beginning in Haft-e Tir square in north-central Tehran, opposition marchers well outnumbered regime supporters. One participant told TIME that attacking security services had to retreat on multiple occasions due to organized resistance by the crowds, and eventually the police, in resignation, simply directed the march along its route. Once again, the Green Movement's supporters partly consisted...