Word: glassing
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...dance on tables Beirut-style but also a commanding view of the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. "Top of Z Town" is its Pepé Le Pew--esque slogan, but everyone knows who's really on top in this town. From a hill above Z Bar, the glass façade of Bashar Assad's presidential palace looks down at his capital like an unblinking eye. And the stern portraits of Assad on every block suggest that Damascus is not party central for the Middle East just...
...There is yet another way to see this as a glass-half-full situation. Beginning one’s career amidst turmoil nearly ensures that our work lives will only improve with time. Better to suffer economic instability at 22 than at 45—hence averting a midlife crisis...
...Billy isn’t hunched over, pushing around cartons of glass cups, or standing outside on a cigarette break, he drifts about the dining hall with eyes languorously half-shut...
They finally arrived at their destination a full 24 hours later than planned. Worst of all, they missed out on a night in a pricey resort and a night aboard a yacht that Keirn had chartered. Let's all raise a glass to the happy couple...
...Given that contrasting picture and yoyo-ing it produced this week, it might be wise to prepare for markets altering their view of the economic glass as half full or empty almost daily. When investors eventually return to reasoned trading, some observers think, the wider picture won't be as dark as many people expect. Touati notes, for example, the rescue plans, rate cuts, drop in oil prices, and fall of the euro are all positive developments for businesses. The downward pressure on stock prices across the board, meanwhile, suggests speculative markets are already factoring in anticipated declines in company...