Word: giant
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...value to leaving structures, remnants of the past, in ruins. There is worth in seeing things fallen but not forgotten, in letting things be the way they are, in neither rebuilding nor destroying. There is value in not labeling everything, classifying it as though the capitol were some giant museum or a large still life. Rome is very much a living city, and the ruins are part of its vivaciousness. For centuries, millennia really, Italians have been building over, incorporating, and generally bastardizing their ruins. And it works for them...
...complain that the Fed had taken on too much authority and should restrict itself in the future to setting monetary policy. Texas Republican Ron Paul, whose calls to abolish the Fed have gotten more attention lately than they used to, claimed that "the Federal Reserve, in collaboration with giant banks, has created the greatest financial crisis ever seen...
...reserve currency. Greater use of the yuan in trade would improve the competitiveness of Chinese exporters by reducing transaction costs and currency risks. By internationalizing the yuan, says HSBC's Qu, China can also begin extricating itself from the "dollar trap," in which the country, through its trade, amasses giant surpluses of dollars, which forces it to invest in dollar assets. This is why China, which holds $805 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, is the U.S.'s largest creditor. But this dollar hoard makes China's national wealth vulnerable to the whims of Washington's economic management...
...said in your story, Pyongyang's only consistency has been its unpredictability. So America should attack it with a larger level of unpredictability. Lift all sanctions. Let the giant corporate world in. The only life that the larger population of North Korea knows is the life of not having much. Give them a life of choices - export the good life into North Korea. Show them what life could be like with someone else in the capital. Do this for a year or so, then push your agendas. And if Pyongyang again starts to drag its feet, take it all away...
...have played more than 500 shows in 49 states. (Give it up, Hawaii!) Paul (on guitar) and Joe (keyboards) dress in white shirts and orange-and-red-striped Gryffindor ties. They have a rotating cast of drummers, à la Spinal Tap, and are occasionally joined onstage by the giant squid that lives in the Hogwarts lake. Their hits include "Save Ginny Weasley," "Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock!" and "The Weapon We Have Is Love...