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...they don't trust it," says a small businessman who asked to be called Dimitris, saying he feared repercussion from the authorities if he gave his real name. "They tell us the state is broken. There is no money for health, for pensions, for education. On the other hand, we see people building big houses with swimming pools." (Read: "Why Greece Could Be the Next Dubai...
...watched a disaster unfold on the evening news. As aid workers threw loaves of bread on the ground and people scrambled after them, I asked my wife, "Why can't they hand the bread to those people? They've lost everything. Why should they lose their self-respect too?" It was as if someone hit me over the head with a cricket bat. I got out a piece of paper and wrote down what I would need after a natural disaster: shelter, warmth, comfort, dignity. (See video of Shelter Boxes being delivered and used in Haiti...
They approach the starting line, two at a time, before an official with a French accent asks them if they're "re-dee?" The gun goes off, and they skate quietly around a 400-meter oval, swaying side-to-side, one hand on resting on their lower back. There's one lap, two laps; a little over a dozen laps during this 5,000-meter event, round and round for more than six minutes. They race against the times of the 26 other skaters in the competition, not their neighbor on the ice. As spectator sports go, long-track speed...
...That's when the Swiss Government drew a bright red line: It announced that it would seize UBS documents so that the bank would not be able to hand them over...
...other hand, some of the girls were in a mood that better matched the ambiance created by the sensual music selection and rose petal-covered tables. Hideko Tachibana '13 says she was looking "to find true love" at this event. Another girl confessed to creating premeditated pick up lines such as “Hi, my name’s ---, you don’t have to awkwardly read it off my chest or anything...