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...Leicester's stock plummeted by almost a third on Monday despite a statement insisting its business was solid; shares in Bradford & Bingley dropped by 15%. Desperate to restore order, the U.K. Treasury put its own money (meaning the public's money) down. "I want to put the matter beyond doubt," Darling said. Customers' cash held by the bank "will be guaranteed safe and secure." Shares in Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley recovered somewhat on Tuesday as well...
...also cast doubt on the possibility of sustaining Iraqi security forces, who she termed the “lynch pin” of the current strategy. Of the 190,000 Iraqis who compose the forces, 6,000 have been killed and 40,000 wounded...
...really happy with the way everyone competed,” junior co-captain Chris Clayton said. “Even when people lost, they went down swinging.” But it was Chijoff-Evans who stole the show. Going into his 10th match in three days, Chijoff-Evans doubted himself. “I thought it was a bad idea to play doubles immediately before singles,” Chijoff-Evans said, referring to the doubles bracket championship he played with senior co-captain Dan Nguyen just before, losing to a duo from Columbia...
...Some may argue that British literature is the logical foundation for study of any literature written in English, and that reading such a canon will inform the way concentrators approach other literature. While a thorough study of a particular country or region’s literature no doubt broadly prepares concentrators to study that of other countries, there is no reason that only the West’s English-language literature should be able to provide that larger context...
...Accepting" this suggestion will be the headline centerpiece of President Bush's speech as he looks to reassure a nation that a light shines at the end of the tunnel. But it has been widely known by everyone in Washington - and, no doubt, by the field commanders of the various enemy formations America confronts in Iraq, who also watch CNN - that the U.S. could simply not sustain the troop levels of the surge much beyond next spring without seriously damaging its military. The drawdown, in other words, is not necessarily a sign of progress; it was inevitable given the current...