Word: gainful
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...banks, depositors crowded counters to withdraw cash. Bigger depositors demanded meetings with senior managers to gain reassurances about their savings. On Sunday, the central bank had stopped credit lines for customers and told them not to use Internet services to avoid hackers, some of whom had gained access to government sites over the weekend. Managers were coached to explain to customers that their money was safe. It had little effect. A senior Georgian banking official told me that the equivalent of $100 million, or 3% of the country's total deposit base, was withdrawn from the National Bank of Georgia...
...According to Lin, Beijing also would like to see an end to the era of jockeying with Taiwan for allies. "Their attitude is: 'We have 172 countries recognizing us. Taiwan has 23. If we gain one or two more, it doesn't make too much difference to us, but it would cause a huge negative impact on the ruling administration in Taiwan.'" Aside from undercutting Ma's overtures toward détente, heavy-handed international maneuvering by Beijing could backfire by emboldening Taiwan's pro-independence faction. Lin says that in order to forestall that outcome, think tanks affiliated with...
...after day these protesters gain some visibility for their cause through pictures taken of them. But outside the white pillars, while feeding the birds and living in plastic tents, they are simply a part of the spectacle. That is not to say that this place has evaded mass social protest for the Iraq War and other causes or that these protesters aren’t doing something completely commendable day-in and day-out. People of all ages and experiences have come together in front of the White House to take a stand, but at this moment, the protesters were...
...hundreds of pages of legal documents suggest that Ivins stood to gain from causing an anthrax scare. Before the anthrax letters, his life's work was in jeopardy because of questions about the effectiveness of anthrax vaccines in general. After the attacks, the Army's vaccine got back on track with Ivins' help. The lab also received a surge of resources and prestige as the deaths from the letters made anthrax a matter of national security. Ivins also gained financially as a co-inventor on two patents connected to his work, though it remains unclear how much money Ivins personally...
Whatever their motives, the growing legion of foreign owners of English clubs has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the transfer markets as teams compete to gain an edge. It's a cutthroat game, precisely because revenues are closely related to a team's performance: only the top four teams of the 20 in the English Premier League qualify for the European Champion's League, and United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool have in recent years established a lock on those four slots. But they have to win consistently to get there, and failure to do so can be financially...