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...been taught by the NGO where she works part time. Otherwise, she refers to herself as 'randi' - a Hindi word so disparaging it has no English equivalent. Neither whore nor hooker, prostitute nor tart ... The majority of sex workers, like stray dogs, either accept their maltreatment without objection, or fail to realize...
...vard, you went to Har-vard,” Goldberg sang. “Don’t despair, Har-vard. With that degree, you cannot fail...
...leaked diplomatic briefing with the French deputy ambassador, is said to have described the current situation in Afghanistan as "bad; the security situation is getting worse - so is corruption - and the government [of President Hamid Karzai] has lost all trust." The American strategy, he said, "is doomed to fail...
...much and in exchange for what remain to be negotiated. Along with the fresh capital, governments are proposing a series of other measures designed to restore confidence in the banking system by guaranteeing deposits, jump-starting interbank lending, which has dried up, and promising that no European bank will fail. The measures were coordinated in principle at a European Union emergency summit meeting on Sunday and announced in detail by several national governments on Monday...
Here's their take: it was a big mistake to allow Lehman Brothers to fail, because that just sparked panic in the banking world and led to a seizure of the global system. And they also believe that the $700 billion bailout plan was badly misdirected because it didn't set out to recapitalize the banks in a swift and clear fashion, but rather aimed to buy up the portfolios of toxic assets, which would be far more complicated and time-consuming. Paulson himself is now changing tack and looking to inject money directly into U.S. banks, too, which...