Word: poole
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such a raid would once have been unprecedented for London's staid financial district. But since last fall's deregulation of Britain's financial institutions, foreign banks -- previously barred from operating brokerages -- have been fighting madly over a limited pool of experienced financial personnel...
...sides of the footlights. Chinese Opera Star Wang Xingna confesses that before playing Harold Hill he disliked American musicals. "Now I find they have merits," allows Wang. "I think the audience will like them, just as they like pop songs." Fine. But how does "P and that stands for pool" sound in Mandarin...
...True. So you come to me. I take food stamps. With my discounts, you'll get the jets, the renovations, and a new pool. The boss will love...
...Well, he wouldn't be so mad if he had a new pool as well, would he? That's where we come in. What you do is call the State Department hotline and tell them that you're thinking of going commie. Immediately you get shifted from the "Good Friends" to the "Questionable Friends" category up on the Hill...
...wantonness of nature and the consequences of betrayal are undercurrent themes of this collection, which begins with a father luring his toddler son into a pool with the promise of catching him, and then allowing the boy to sink or swim. The name of this story is Trust Me, a title that then echoes brightly through the rest of the book like the sardonic punch line of a locker-room joke...