Word: euros
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...several false starts and much delay, Europe has finally managed to crank up its economic growth engine. But how long before it once again sputters? Preliminary second-quarter [an error occurred while processing this directive] figures published by the E.U.'s statistics office last week showed that the 12 euro-zone countries, led by a resurgent Germany and France, enjoyed their strongest growth in six years, catching up with Britain, which continues to perform more robustly than even the prudent government anticipated. The 0.9% quarterly rise in the euro zone was fueled by a sequence straight out of the textbook...
...revolutionaries prefer ideological purity to victory. Together, they want to march lockstep over the electoral cliff again, only further than last time. Armed with the evergreen excuse “we lost last time because we weren’t right-wing enough”—three Euro-skeptic, anti-immigration, tax-cutting campaigns notwithstanding—the deluded would-be martyrs argue for more of the same. They cry, “Tory Tory Tory! Banzai! Die for Empress Thatcher,” to borrow the words of Conservative MP Boris Johnson.Back in the real world...
...money out the other end disguised as legitimate income. Done properly, it's next to impossible to tie your income to your crime. But these guys had $97 million in sterling. Everyone knows where they got it and how. Here's their big mistake: they should have gone for euros. The euro is the criminal fraternity's currency of choice because it short-circuits much of the laundering process. Legal tender for 313 million citizens living in 12 E.U. states, four other European countries, two territories in the Balkans, plus a group of smaller jurisdictions around the world, euros automatically...
...country, all the American politicians would be in prison because they sell their votes," he told Belgian leader Jean-Luc Dehaene and, unwittingly, Canadian broadcaster CBC. In 1993, British PM John Major had finished a TV interview but tapes were still running when he vented his anger against three Euro-skeptic rebels in his Cabinet. He called them "bastards" and promised to "crucify them." French President Jacques Chirac heated up the old Anglo-Franco rivalry at a 2005 summit in Russia. Unaware that a French journalist still had a microphone switched on, Chirac joked with German Chancellor Gerhard Schr...
...patriotism, he cites the coin's tradition. Playing to our guilt, he says penny drives bring charities millions. And playing to our fears, Weller says the penny is a psychological hedge against inflation, a consideration the European Union factored in when it decided to make a one-cent euro coin (though several countries have since effectively banished it): "If you take the penny away, that has a huge impact on how people view the economy and inflation." If you think Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's statements rock the markets, Weller says, wait till you see what happens if we lose...