Word: playing
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...goldbug fringe calling for a full return to the gold standard now. But a partial return, in which central banks hold gold as a hedge against financial turmoil (the Reserve Bank of India just bought $6.7 billion of the stuff from the International Monetary Fund) and gold begins to play a role in the pricing of oil and other important monetary tasks, may well be in the cards. Gold is looking less barbarous than the alternatives...
...know what roles Muslims should play in our military, but perhaps counseling veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan should not be one of them. Fair or not, I would not have wanted to talk to an Army psychiatrist of Vietnamese descent when I came home from Vietnam...
...Chinese are going out everywhere in the world and investing successfully," says Rona Nadile, an assistant secretary of labor and industrial relations. "But what I don't understand is why are they are so stubborn to not respect our local culture. We are a democracy. They have to play by our rules or we will rise...
...fair, many of the plot problems are no fault of librettist and lyricist Randy Weiner ’87-’88. Shakespeare’s play is inherently flawed, from its undeserved redemption of Leontes (here, Ezekiel) to the dull romance between Perdita and Florizel (now Rain and Tariq). However, in his adaptation, Weiner makes no attempt to remedy any of the source story’s faults. Instead, he offers pat lines that tackily acknowledge the tale’s weaknesses. While these little fixes are cloyingly cute, they hardly improve upon the story; in fact, they...
...were just going to play Ultimate Frisbee,” he said. “Would you like to join...