Word: dins
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mumbai, decrying its excess and materialism and corrosive foreign influences. The worldly aspirations of Mumbai's diverse millions, they said, would be cowed by a spectacle of fire and brimstone. In the immediate aftermath, the attackers appeared to have gotten their way. All hope did seem abandoned amid the din of public grief and fury with a government many felt incapable of protecting its people...
...sped, through the wide French doors and into the darkened hallway that was already filling with smoke. Felicity wielded the torch like a broadsword, swung it left and right. Slowly the dark house came alight with fire. She paused at the top of the great staircase. In the gray din below, she thought she saw a thread of golden hair. It disappeared, and then she saw her imbecile of a husband running in the same direction. He must not reach Roxanna! Felicity hurled the burning torch down the stairs at Frederick’s feet. Frederick shrieked and jumped back...
...nametags—to explore the many facets of freshman life. Many parents praised the wide range of events for providing them with a glimpse into their children’s lives at Harvard. Parents attended normally half-filled Friday morning classes, enjoyed an a cappella performance by the Din & Tonics, and cheered the Harvard football team to a victory against Columbia at Harvard Stadium. The parents of Collin A. Jones ’12, who opted for coffee in the Memorial Hall transept rather than participating in the Harvard College Marathon Challenge around campus, said they enjoyed spending time...
...Sabanci Dinçer has little patience for such squabbling. Turkey has some critical tasks ahead, she says, including attracting international investment into new manufacturing projects, in order to provide jobs for its young population. The median age of Turkey's 71 million population is under 30, and millions of youngsters will be needing jobs in the future. She's more supportive of the government than many of her peers, but says the political fighting "made us lose time. It scared away some foreign investment. It's bad for the business climate, and I'm sure it affected consumers. Hopefully...
...Boom When outside experts look at Turkey's vulnerabilities, they see other weaknesses apart from its dependence on exports to Europe. One of the drivers of growth this decade has been foreign direct investment, but that has dropped by about 40% so far this year. Sabanci Dinçer is right to praise the robustness of the banking sector, but there are some vulnerabilities here, too: several of Turkey's banks have been acquired by foreign companies, including two European banks that have run into financial trouble elsewhere, Fortis and Dexia. Turkey also has a current account deficit that amounts...