Word: heaps
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However, if most of our hypothetical individual futures don't look quite so lavish, as a nation we have two not-so-secret weapons that, managed correctly and given a little luck, could allow us to remain at the top of the heap for a long time to come: technological innovation and immigration...
...British carmakers and banks gathered to kick-start the distribution of the loan guarantees. With car registrations forecast to slide 20% in Britain this year, the government will be hoping that it can still save its auto factories, and the jobs that go along with them, from the scrap heap...
...Aside from its sheer enormity, this heap of cash is also intriguing because of the “public-private investment fund” included in Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s recent proposal. The potentially $1 trillion vehicle would aim to combine public and private capital to buy toxic assets from banks. Though widely criticized in its eight days of life, the fund may succeed in attracting private investors—but only if Geithner offers more specifics to incentivize private financing and subdue historic antagonism between private and public sectors, which is traditionally worse in times...
Exotic helps, but the movie is connecting with audiences not because it's foreign but because it strikes universal chords about personal fulfillment, romantic obsession and the chance to rise from the bottom of the slag heap to the top of the Taj Mahal--and because it whirls through its rags-to-riches tale with a speed and energy that would put a Hollywood action film to shame. For these qualities, you can thank Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the script from Vikas Swarup's novel Q&A, and director Danny Boyle. Eleven years ago, Beaufoy was Oscar-nominated for another...
...force, but it will also have freed Gazans from Israeli tyranny. As an added bonus, any economic revival of Gaza would put money into Hamas' coffers. But Israel would gain some breathing space and force Hamas to prove it can actually govern and maintain stability in Gaza rather than heap blame entirely on Israel...