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...spokesman for the Finance Ministry said the government supports the merger without restrictions. Why so much fuss over who owns which stock exchange? After all, the days of crowded trading pits where dealers scream out prices are mostly gone. Now the deals are done on computer terminals in quiet back offices. No matter who buys the L.S.E., most investors and companies that trade there won't notice a difference. But the L.S.E. does have high symbolic value. As Europe's largest stock exchange, its merger with a Continental bourse would accelerate the 21st century trend toward a more global market...
This is reflected by a Harvard penalty kill that has been a quiet force all season long, though often overshadowed by its highly successful special teams counterpart, a penalty kill with a 23.1 conversion rate...
Think of them as kids squabbling in the backseat on a long car ride. In the case of Congress, there doesn't seem to be much hope that they'll quiet down and cooperate. Republicans and Democrats can always be expected to bicker, but lately the partisanship on Capitol Hill has become unusually intense. In fact, students of the institution say Congress hasn't been this politically polarized in almost a century...
Even as Abbas tries to stamp out militants within his party, he will face potential challenges to his authority from the Islamists of Hamas. Leaders of Hamas tell TIME that in meetings in Damascus and Gaza, they agreed to grant Abbas a period of quiet during the election campaign. Abbas hopes that by bringing Hamas into the political system, he will be able to persuade the group to accept a long-term cease-fire with Israel...
...council’s vision for a future student center at Allston includes space for student groups, an auditorium, a food court, computer clusters, a fitness center and quiet study space. In addition to these generic features, the bill also addressed the need for a state-of-the-art transportation system “far superior to the shuttle system currently in place,” to meet the needs of Allston’s geography...