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Gold is no longer the coin of any realm, but it remains the one truly international money. It is the solid underpinning of central banks and national treasuries, the most favored way of paying debts among nations. Though no longer the real measure of a nation's wealth, it can set heads to shaking by its movements, as they shook again last week when the U.S. announced a $70 million gold outflow in June (double the loss in May). Despite all this interest, no one knows exactly how much gold the world has. In a new report, Barclays Bank...
...sided. Death is a reality in our everyday life. It is unfortunate that so many people believe that teen-agers should be protected from knowledge of its existence. Music is an expression of life and should not leave out any of the realities that are combined within its wide realm...
...have already begun to discuss in glowing, enthusiastic terms. But one thing is already certain: not since the city's celebrated Ballet Reformer Jean-Georges Noverre set out two centuries ago "to smash the masks, to burn the wigs, to present a spirit which ranks high in the realm of the creative arts" has old Stuttgart seen so much style...
Barnes suggested that future ecumenical progress would be more apparent in the realm of witness and service than in matters of faith and theology. Here, unity will be hard to find and "will be derived from shared Biblical study rather than from agreements on formulation of doctrine." But the path toward union is unpredictable, he added. "We must pray in faith that the Holy Spirit will intervene with power to confound our predictions based upon calculations of our own resources and efforts...
Tasty Contract. Elizabethan literature roils with legalisms-Jonson's plays are filled with far more legalese than Shakespeare's-but the Bard's characters have as effective counsel as any. Henry IVs plotters do not just plan to split their loot (the realm); like law clerks, they aver that "our indentures tripartite are drawn" and "sealed interchangeably." In Sonnet 35, the poet acts against himself as a friend's defender: "Thy adverse party is thy advocate." In Sonnet 46, a fair lady is partitioned-her lover's heart the plaintiff, his eye the defendant...