Word: lifting
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...June, making an interest rise by the Bank of England unlikely despite the skyrocketing cost of property. Where's Le Boeuf? The European Commission asked the European Court of Justice to impose a €158,250 fine on France for each day it refuses to lift its ban on British beef. The French government has ignored the court's earlier ruling that the ban is illegal. BOTTOM LINES "If you saw something, you stopped it. Oh, a good audit was a beautiful thing." Al Bows, 88, retired Andersen senior partner, on accountancy when Arthur Andersen hired...
...calculated style. The sun never shines during its first half. It's all winter light, pelting rain, dimly lit mansions--superbly realized by the great cinematographer Conrad Hall. But as the Sullivans scurry across the lonely Midwestern flats and as the lifelong silence between father and son begins to lift, so does the surrounding darkness. That Hanks at last finds redemption--that his son finally finds what's best in his father's nature--is an irony that is broadly but beautifully stated...
...commoner and computer engineer SALMA BENNANI, 24; in Rabat, Morocco. In contrast to past royal nuptials, which were held secretly, the King announced his wedding publicly amid much celebration. The marriage to a commoner is a first for a Moroccan ruler and could help modernize the monarchy and lift the status of women in the country. DIVORCED. RUDOLPH GIULIANI, 58, former New York City mayor heralded for his leadership following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, from actress Donna Hanover; in New York. As part of the settlement, Hanover will receive $6.8 million...
...closure affects thousands of customers across Europe. Ready, set, postpone Yell, the directory business valued at $3.5-$4.3 billion, and Focus Wickes, the retailer worth $1.5-$1.8 billion, canceled their IPOS as London's FTSE 100 hit its lowest levels since 1997. Buy The Chinese Skies China will lift rules restricting foreigners from owning more than 35% of an airline, although Chinese partners must still hold a majority. China Eastern is already 35% foreign-owned. INDICATORS Designer-Label Food The E.U. Parliament passed requirements to label foods with over .5% genetically modified content. The bill, which requires member-state approval...
...Even if Japan recovers economically, Yu suggests, the darkness gripping it may not lift. "The thing that would actually destroy the human race was not money," her young killer reflects. "It was the threat of losing our very reason for existence." Somehow Japan lost that mooring during the bubble: unless it gets it back, there will be plenty more lurid stories, both in fiction and, even more frightening, on the front pages of the newspapers...