Word: gathering
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...think the investment industry is there to protect you, think again. Many firms see a hot sector as an opportunity to gather assets. Before the tech-stock peak in 2000, the industry marketed nearly 500 technology, telecom and Internet funds. It's the same story now, only the actors have changed. In October 2004, 180 hedge funds were dedicated to energy and commodity investments. Today there...
...alum. But the top-tier tent village was about much more than candy and pretentious beer. Alec P. Smith, who called the strokes at the University of Richmond tent, explained that Reunion Village is “a really good place for alumnae of schools that are competing to gather and watch.” Stanford alumna Erica G. Bromley agreed: “It’s just nice to congregate with old alum and things.” What things, exactly? FM found its answer in a large tent in the middle of the Village, which was pimped...
...that? Does Beinart really believe peace will reign in Darfur once the Arab militias are defeated? Imagine if Islamic militants claimed that so-called Crusaders invaded Arab lands for their own purposes. The consequence would be terrorist attacks, and the victims would be the people of Darfur. Why not gather a robust force from Islamic nations? What about Turkish ground forces supported by nato? The outcry in the Islamic world could be silenced if it is non-Westerners who go into Darfur. Michael Richarz Wuppertal, Germany It is with increasing incredulity that I watch the unfortunate events in the Darfur...
Like the dried-up dead roaches that gather under my desk this time of year, October crackles under my sock feet. October chews up and spits out my summer and says, "You better git now, and don’t you come back...
...Patricia Duran, whose home is perched precariously on a hillside in Western Caracas, is one of many residents of poor barrios who often gather outside the government's housing ministry to protest their poor living conditions. "If you saw where we're living right now, there are waterfalls around the houses and the stairs are really bad," Duran said. "We're human beings, but we're [living like] animals out there...