Word: custodian
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...world. Nasrallah's fighters have kept up their daily rocket barrages against Israeli cities and towns, keeping his promise to inflict suffering on Israel in return for its bombardment of Lebanon. When Nasrallah went before the cameras on Hizballah-run al-Manar last week, he presented himself as the custodian of Muslim honor. Even his Arab critics are biting their tongues, mindful of the support Nasrallah commands among the masses. Says a senior Arab diplomat whose government earlier criticized Nasrallah for leading Lebanon into war: "Hizballah is becoming the leader that people are following...
...Washington-based trade group, the Silver Institute, believes that Barclays' launch of a new ETF called SLV played a key role in a recent run-up on that shiny metal. "Prior to the offering, Barclays placed 1.5 million ounces of silver with a custodian," reported the organization's Silver News update. "Anticipation of the ETF and other factors pushed silver to a 23-year high in mid-April." Morningstar analyst Sonya Morris explains that the silver market is "tighter" than other commodities and that "there was real concern Barclays' buying some huge stash to support their ETF was going...
...cameras from the mines of Broken Hill to the illegal foreign fishing vessels smoldering in Darwin harbor. Despite the Budget, a lot of non-Treasury business has been dominating the news: East Timor's troubles, the death spiral of remote Aboriginal communities, nuclear power and uranium enrichment. Custodian Costello slotted right in. Voters, and the Liberal party, are getting a little taste of life after Howard and a carefully managed introduction to his natural successor. So far-ignoring Labor's hysterics in Parliament-it seems that little would change if Howard called it quits. Why? Because Costello has modeled himself...
That made Silverstein the landlord for the buildings (he would profit if he could increase the buildings' income). After 9/11 he became the custodian for a site of national mourning, a role that New York's politicians felt deeply uncomfortable with. "At the outset, the problem was the absence of a real leader," says Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner...
...have a slightly different perspective to offer on the “success” of this past weekend’s festivities. Francisco Gonzalez is an Facilities and Maintenance Operations employee assigned to Memorial Church, where he works as a custodian and I work as both the college chaplain and the departmental administrator. Here was his experience of “Yardfest”: He was asked by the University to come to work on Sunday in order to help do whatever needed doing to support the event, which he did, happy to be involved in some small...