Word: dominions
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Bank One and J.P. Morgan Chase. Now the pairings are trickling down the asset chain. In late August Citigroup said it was buying its way into retail banking in Texas by acquiring privately held First American Bank. Two days later, Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank announced it would spend $3.8 billion for 51% of Banknorth Group, based in Portland, Maine, which is itself expanding southward by acquisition...
Once upon a time, in the "Dominion Of New Haven," it was illegal to kiss your children on Sunday. Or make a bed or cut your hair or eat mince pies or cross a river unless you were a clergyman riding your circuit. If you lived in Connecticut in 1650, there was no mistaking Sunday for just another shopping day; regardless of whether you'd go to hell for breaking the Sabbath, you could certainly go to jail. Centuries later, the sense that Sunday is special is still wired in us, a miniature sabbatical during which to peel...
...following the Louisiana Purchase--whose constitutionality he questioned but whose practical benefits he found irresistible--he boldly claimed the nation's far-reaching wilderness by sending Lewis and Clark on their unprecedented expedition, the purpose of which was not only to seek knowledge but also to assert political dominion. To Jefferson, the advance of freedom wasn't something that happened on its own. It had to be pushed, and push...
Most of the works that make Thomas a major figure in 20th century poetry had been written by the time he was 26, including such poems as "The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower," "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" and "When All My Five and Country Senses See." After that he survived largely by playing the role of the errant romantic genius, though he did manage to produce Under Milk Wood, his enduringly popular play for voices, in his last years. After a teenage stint on a newspaper in his native Wales, the only paid work...
...next four years to 6.1%. That shift, along with higher rents anticipated next year, is expected to boost landlord cash flows as much as 7% and lead to healthy dividend growth, offering a compelling reason to own the stocks of apartment REITs such as Avalon Bay, BRE Properties, United Dominion Realty Trust and Home Properties. For a more diversified approach, consider stellar REIT funds like Alpine Realty Income and Growth and T. Rowe Price Real Estate...