Word: fourteeners
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...lowering the risk of insolvency." Citi's common capital ratio, at just 2.3%, was closer to zero than any other of the banks the government looked at. State Street's ratio at 15.5%, which was the highest of the banks, was nearly seven times greater than Citi's. Fourteen of the banks the government examined had a common capital ratio above 5%. The next lowest ratio to Citi was Wells Fargo, which had a common capital ratio...
...game at 10-10 after Columbia had been leading for over 20 minutes. But with the game on the line, it was the Lions who would get the last opportunity. Although the Crimson gained six out of nine draw controls in the first period, it dropped nine of fourteen in the second, including the final draw following Halpern’s goal to set up the game-winner. “After tying it up we were really hoping that we would get the draw control,” McMahon said. “The past three possessions...
...Martin Nisenholtz has run the electronic and digital operations of The New York Times since 1995. He probably saw problems that the newspaper industry faced when they were still far off. Fourteen years ago, he was dealing with the internet in a period when consumer access to broadband did not exist. Whatever Nisenholtz shared with the people who run The New York Times will probably never see the light of day. It is very probable that if he warned about the possible disruption that the print business might face that the warning was ignored. (Read: "How to Save Your Newspaper...
...edge of carnal desperation ("When you call out my name in rapture/I volunteer my soul for murder") but never quite cedes control. "Leaving California" is sweeter, and sounds it; built on quaintly out-of-tune acoustic guitars and twinkling piano, it's a credible country waltz. "Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen" grooves like Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" even as it tells a folktale of a doomed girl...
...it’s all about animals and kids.” She said she wrote from the perspective of a child partly because it was the way she understood her character and partly because she believes her voice as a writer has never matured beyond that of a fourteen year-old. Begley believes that the prize is an important addition to what Menand calls the “great” undergraduate English program for fledgling writers. According to Begley, the Advocate gives young writers a chance to be nurtured and inspired by other aspiring authors, as well...