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...financial sector began to teeter in September, South Korea's government believed that it was in a far stronger position than a decade ago. Its financial institutions seemed sturdy, with a mere $70 million of those toxic mortgage-backed securities that doomed banks in the U.S., while the central bank was well stocked with $240 billion of hard-currency reserves - more than sufficient, economists believed, to protect the economy from any external shocks. "We didn't need a special spotlight," says Yi Jong Goo, standing commissioner at the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the government agency that oversees the country...
...less clunky than “Ocean/Emotion”), Étienne’s complex world is still effectively communicated. (Thankfully, the French text is offered alongside the English.) And yet there’s something in Étienne’s text that transcends mere differences in language. Though the text can sometimes be confusing, what’s found there speaks to the great questions of human existence and reality.“No one writes poetry any longer,” Étienne writes, “bric-a-brac...
...returns, having scored once on each. Harvard, on the other hand, is ranked last in both categories.Also key to a victory will be the Crimson’s ability to take advantage of its fearsome passing attack to jump out to an early lead, since the Quakers average a mere 18 points per game.“Franklin Field’s always a tough place to play,” Pizzotti said. “Penn always has a very good defense…they’re one of the most physical teams we’ll play...
...Memories,” Travis brought their gaze to the world and saw their music fall apart. The darkness they saw upset their precious harmony. Songs like “Peace the Fuck Out” or “Re-offender” were mere propaganda pieces, just outgrowths of their politics. (Travis is an active opponent of the War in Iraq and leads campaigns against poverty and the genocide in Darfur.) The music sucked, the choruses were clunky, the melodies stuck in depressive repetition. Finally, in “Ode to J. Smith,” they have...
...Mustafa tells the story of Mustafa Kemal, who was born in 1881 in Thessaloniki, which is now in Greece but was then part of the Ottoman Empire. He became a soldier, and at 22, as a mere captain, he rebelled against the Sultan. The army banished him to faraway posts but couldn't quash him. A brilliant military strategist, he defeated the British at Gallipoli in 1915, and in 1919 he started a war for independence against occupying European allies that resulted in the founding of modern Turkey...