Word: concerningly
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...debate involves more than semantics. One concern is that investors aren't going to want to hold any bank shares if the government can simply take ownership, effectively rendering the bank's stock worthless or close to it. An even greater concern is that the government won't be able to resell banks it takes over. That would expose taxpayers to big losses and leave Uncle Sam in the banking business for years to come...
...hiring slowdown will limit the number of new lecturers FAS will be able to hire, the new program provides an economical alternative to fill teaching vacancies. While professors acknowledged that FAS needs to cut costs, some said the program may detract from the ladder faculty system. Others also voiced concern that the program may not be entirely beneficial for Fellows. “It’s a fine program in economically straitened times,” said Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas. “But one wouldn’t want to see a substitute...
...pull hitter.”The Crimson will be desperate for such consistency—and perhaps some thunder this year—as Harvard batted just .255 in 2008 and will return no player who hit more than two home runs.With run production looming as a tremendous concern, Prince feels that he is now ready to make the transition into a team leader, as well as a major component of the offense.“If things are going well I think I could be a power bat for the ball club,” Prince says...
...that were confirmed in another round of tests in December. Soon after that, Pat discovered that his urine had turned brown and foamy. In the middle of all this, he was laid off from his job, and finding a new one while doing temp work was his most pressing concern. Finally, last July my brother's doctor insisted that he see a specialist, who quickly ordered a biopsy. That's when Pat, who is now 54, learned that his kidneys were failing...
...Florida's most prominent and outspoken Cuban-American politicians: Republican Representatives Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Chávez won his referendum handily, but the day was still a victory of sorts for Diaz-Balart and Ros-Lehtinen, who got to cultivate potential constituents with a common concern - namely, the tight alliance between Chávez and their own nemesis, the Castro regime in Cuba. (See pictures of Fidel Castro stepping down...