Word: fixer
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...Rompuy's career has been mainly that of a behind-the-scenes fixer in Belgian politics. And he emphasized that his position was not that of chief executive but, as President of the European Council, the body that gathers the E.U.'s leaders for summits, he is more of a chairman, whose role is to mediate across the E.U. "My personal opinion is totally subservient to the Council," he said. "It doesn't matter what I think. My role is to find a consensus...
...dwelling on the world’s woes so much as engaging with the hope of overcoming those difficulties. Of course, many bands sing and play optimistically, but few manage to embody that positivity with the conviction that Pearl Jam does, most evidently on “The Fixer,” the album’s lead single and the song Bono wishes he could write. “When something’s broke, / I want to put a bit of fixin’ on it,” Vedder sings. The lyrics are reminiscent of Coldplay?...
...those arrested was a Brooklyn man, Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, who was charged with trading in human organs. In Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox community this week, Rosenbaum, who claimed to be a real estate dealer, was described as a macher, or fixer, who assisted renal patients in finding appropriate medical treatment in the U.S. According to the official complaint, however, Rosenbaum planned to give an Israeli donor $10,000 and then charge the client who requested the kidney $160,000. The payment would be laundered through what Rosenbaum described first as a "congregation," then as a charity. According to published reports...
...country are often motivated by the potential ransoms - sometimes worth several million dollars - they believe foreigners can bring them. Afghan journalists who fall into their hands generally do not offer the same moneymaking possibilities. And so the escape of Ludin, who like some other local journalists acts as a "fixer" for foreign correspondents, was particularly welcome. (See pictures of Afghanistan's dangerous Korengal Valley...
...fact is, most of the Floridians seeking affordable housing still can't muster the means, credit history or job security to land a mortgage - even for a $100,000 fixer-upper - especially with lending requirements tightening in the wake of the subprime catastrophe. This is, after all, low-wage Florida: housing costs may be falling - in exorbitant South Florida, they've tumbled 45% since the median cost peaked at $375,000 two years ago - but take-home pay isn't rising. Unemployment, in fact, is at 8.1%, Florida's highest level in two decades...