Word: fight
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...Geithner has been working Wall Street too. In the middle of last week he met with a group of top bankers, including Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan, Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs and others, and told them that while they were welcome to fight his efforts, the political environment was on his side. "In the long run we all need to restore trust in the system," Geithner told the bankers, according to a top aide familiar with the conversation, "People want to see that something's being done." (Read TIME's cover story, "What's Still Wrong with Wall Street...
...voted 2009's newcomer of the year by the Gault Millau guide - eschews the molecular-style cooking that is becoming rather ubiquitous in fine dining and instead prefers earthy textures and light, simple ingredients, unexpectedly layered. (Watch TIME's video "Bocuse d'Or: Americans in a French Food Fight...
...Preservationists are hopeful that the Hôtel Lambert case marks a turning point. "I'm convinced this will be a sign of change, because we see now that the French are conscious of their riches," Housieaux says. But the prince isn't going down without a fight - he's preparing for a possible appeal. "It's been two years now since the Hôtel was purchased and there are still at least two or three years of renovations ahead," says Eric Ginter, al-Thani's lawyer. "At some point he would like to put his slippers...
...three different directions, Mullah Nazir in western South Waziristan and Hafiz Gul Bahadur in North Waziristan are facilitating its movements. Troublingly for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, both groups still mount cross-border attacks there. To the east, Turkistan Bhittani, a militant leader who has mustered a small militia to fight alongside Pakistan's army, is leading it into South Waziristan through his tribe's traditional territory. So far, the Mehsuds have sat out the fight. "Our tribe is against these militants, but they are all afraid," says Maulana Banat Khan Mehsud, another elder of the Abdullah Mehsud group...
...Read: "Fight over Tax Cuts Looms for Merkel...