Word: gordons
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...version that just opened on Broadway - directed, as it was in London, by Stephen Daldry - has lost a little of the power it displayed on its home turf. But if Prime Minister Gordon Brown's bank-rescue plan can become the model for the rest of the world's finance ministers, there's no reason why Billy Elliot - the best musical to come out of Britain since Miss Saigon - can't bridge the cultural chasm...
...fact, the G-20 leaders seem to agree with him already - at least in principle. From the Europeans, one hears the expected vague, warm rumblings of cooperation. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for strengthening structures like the International Monetary Fund and the Financial Stability Forum that support the international free-market system, boosting transparency, integration and accountability. French President Nicolas Sarkozy likewise talks of defending and strengthening the system to ensure that another market free fall doesn't happen again...
...January, when Barack Obama moves into the White House. And it's not just Washington: China has announced a $586 billion stimulus plan, although it's not clear how much of that will be new spending. Germany has approved $29 billion in spending and tax cuts. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to announce tax cuts soon...
...Such grousing contrasts with the cheers Sarkozy drew during the darkest hours of the crisis with his clarion calls for a "refoundation of modern capitalism." Also waning is the general enthusiasm unleashed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's appeal to establish a "new Bretton Woods [by] building a new international financial architecture" - a revision of the original 1944 accords that envisioned turning the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into a global regulator of markets unified under common rules...
...Vesper Martini (Casino Royale): Three ounces of Gordon's gin, one ounce of vodka , half-ounce of Lillet Blanc, shake over ice and add a slim slice of lemon peel...