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...main consistency is that Redmayne grips as much as he repels. You want to grab his chin - Gordy is always in some sort of awkward motion - and hold him still so you can look into those clear, clean eyes of his and figure him out. Prasad directs to this unnerving fluidity; in the first scene in which we get a real sense of Gordy's character, he and Martine are talking in the backseat of the convertible as it whips along the highway and the wind tears the words out of their mouths. It seems Gordy needs the world...
...time when every one of its main rivals has repaid its obligations to Uncle Sam, Citi still has its hands deep in the government-aid cookie jar. Uncle Sam owns more of Citigroup than any other bank. Currently, the government holds 7.7 billion shares of Citi's stock - a stake the government got last year by converting a portion of its Citi preferred shares. That makes Uncle Sam the bank's largest shareholder, with about 27% of Citi's outstanding shares, valued at some $26 billion. That's about seven times the $3.5 billion the government has lent SunTrust Bank...
...started out like any other trip to the library’s Langdell Hall. Kim’s research on the expansion of judicial power led him to visit the ILS building to obtain some Chinese language material. ILS is connected to the main library by a bridge and—unbeknownst to Kim—has different hours of operation than certain floors of the main building...
...He’s been my main rival throughout college squash,” West says. “I’ve actually never beaten him in a match that’s counted, but its gotten closer...
...China's main interest in Nepal has always been led by its concerns over Tibet, which has been ruled by China since 1950. Beijing's involvement with Nepal grew much more intense after the March 2008 ethnic Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, which deeply embarrassed the Beijing government on the eve of its expensive Olympic Games. There are an estimated 20,000 Tibetans living in Nepal but, with China pushing Nepal to tighten its border with Tibet, the number of new refugees reaching Nepal has dropped to about 500 from an annual figure of around...