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...eyelet detail and simple lace ribbons, and the mouth-watering brown-black icing made the moment of the incision even more dramatic and appealing. I’d waited all day for a wedge of my celebratory sustenance. Size most certainly does matter: Sliver, slice, piece, wedge and chunk are the typical portions into which we cut pies, pastries and especially cake. I cared little about the money awaiting me in the religious cards stacked on the mahogany table in my living room. This cake was heavenly, and to the horror of the nuns who educated me, I could...
...would be easy to bypass the Monastery, thinking, what's one more building carved into solid rock? But for those willing to take the hour-long trek up 1,000-plus stone steps, the ancient Nabataeans have prepared a wondrous reward. The decorative fa?ade, carved into a solid chunk of yellow sandstone in the 3rd century B.C., rises 45 meters above the ground. If the hike through rock canyons and past stunning vistas is a little tortuous, a small, Bedouin-run caf? offering cold drinks and chairs awaits at the top. For those with extra energy and a taste...
...will probably be found, she thinks. She prays more, and then she opens her eyes and hears voices. "I'm here!" she screams as loud as she can. "Hey! I'm right here!" A rescue worker responds, "Do you see the light?" She doesn't, so she bangs a chunk of stone against the concrete over her. The rescuers find the noise. When she reaches her left hand out through an opening, one of the workers can grab it. OH GOD, THANK...
...elections, a left-wing government could take power in Brazil, bringing with it tax cuts and an increase in public spending. At worst, analysts fear this could precipitate a Brazilian default on $100 billion in government debt - of which some Spanish banks, like SCH, still hold a sizable chunk...
...what? Stocks have dropped below their post-Sept. 11 panic levels. Since March 2000, nearly $7 trillion of stock-market value has been destroyed--a chunk of it no doubt coming out of your 401(k). Far from sensing a bottom, sellers kept digging deeper last week, driving the S&P 500 to a level last seen in May 1997. A lot of folks long ago lost the casino's money; whatever they still have in stocks is money they earned on the job. Should you ride out the slide? Or bail...