Word: closing
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...fortunes. In early 2000, the dot-com bubble burst. More significantly, the rise in asset values that supported much global prosperity turned out to be an illusion largely fueled by easy credit; when the bubble burst, highly leveraged speculative positions reversed gear, and the international financial system came uncomfortably close to crashing. Even more troubling, the ongoing Greek debt crisis has suggested that weaknesses in sovereign debt may trigger another, even more profound global financial meltdown...
...second day in office, President Barack H. Obama issued executive orders to end torture and close Guantánamo within a year, signaling a commitment to restoring the rule of law and upholding American values and the Constitution...
...could still work, and I still hope that I haven’t gotten even close to the best that I can do,” he said. “I still have chances to write pieces. I’m not going to have to retire until nobody asks for them. I’m inspired by composers who have gone on for a long time...
Derek M. Flanzraich ’10 recalls how his blocking group became close to a blocking group that had very different tastes from...
Despite this characterization, his close friend, Luis A. Ubiñas ’85, said he remembers Jennings as “full of bravado...