Word: marks
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...both brouhahas now simmered down, Noa and Awad can focus on perfecting their harmonies. As for whether they will actually win in Moscow - as Israel has done three times since 1974 - Awad is both optimistic and realistic. "I'm not dwelling on winning, because we are already making a mark through the message of our music," she says. And if that message can take them all the way to the finals, so much the better. "At least that way we won't embarrass ourselves," Awad adds...
When will the red ink at Freddie stop? It's hard to say. In its most recent annual report, the company said that if it had to mark all its assets to the price similar bonds are trading for in the market, the company's net worth would sink by an additional $65 billion. But Freddie's bottom-line woes may run even deeper. Freddie has $38 billion in losses it has yet to acknowledge in its investment portfolio. The firm also has $48 billion in nonperforming loans that it either holds or has guaranteed against. In a painful stroke...
...government may put up as much as $1 trillion in loans and guarantees to subsidize the sale of the toxic assets to private investors. Though the government could get back the money if the assets start trading again, many Americans see it going down a sinkhole. Says Democratic pollster Mark Mellman: "There's a narrative out there in the public mind that the government's bailing out banks" - in other words, helping rich bankers keep their summer homes. (See pictures of expensive Modernist houses...
...three classes compete against each other in epic contests of water balloon toss, pie eating, and tug of war, just to name a few. During the year HoCo and the Masters put on entertaining events like Iron Chef, Family Feud, pumpkin carving, and Assassins. The only notable black mark is the weak stein clubs, especially compared to Dunster’s epic happy hours: attendance is lower, alcohol is poorer in quality, and revelry is virtually non-existent...
...doing more things this semester.” UC Representative Sonia S. Dara ’12 suggested that perhaps meetings could be shortened if “people kept clapping to a minimum.” Representatives typically clap to celebrate the passage of legislation or to mark major speeches. This week’s grants package proved contentious, with the debate centering on two separate allocations—one for a $2,000 allocation for movable lights for house theaters, and another for an $1,850 grant for the restoration of Quad Sound Studios, a student-run recording...