Word: reliefs
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...result is that many more banks than expected have the resources to repay the billions they got from the Troubled Asset Relief Program back in October. Morgan Stanley, for instance, came out of the stress test a month ago in need of $1.8 billion in additional capital. But in the past month the bank was able to raise nearly $7 billion by selling new shares of stock. The result: Morgan says those stock sales and other moves will allow the bank to repay all of its TARP funds by the end of June. And Morgan won't be alone...
...Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin speaking of her gay friend's "choice," the endless seven minutes of Bush sitting still during the onset of 9/11, pretty much any comment from Dick Cheney. When Obama was elected, many of the millions who voted for him wept from a mixture of deep relief and optimism - only to be mocked afterward by Republican pundits, who would begrudge Obama anything. When will they get it? As the Democrats remain in the ascendancy, I, for one, hope the GOP never does. Will Gilchrist, Los Angeles...
...North Korea, in the minds of many Americans, is often seen as a kind of crazy aunt in the attic - an entity no one pays attention to until she pops out and does something vaguely nutty. Sometimes Kim Jong Il is even portrayed as a figure of comic relief, as in South Park's Team America: World Police. Indeed, Google North Korea, and up pops up a site titled "6 Reasons North Korea Is the Funniest Evil Dictatorship Ever...
...three doctors became the main source of information to the outside world from within the combat zone during the final days of Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war. Because the shrinking war zone was blocked, they were relied on heavily by journalists, relief agencies and others for updates. Many of them felt that the doctors were trustworthy sources: according to ICRC's Zanarelli, the three were from a group "with whom the ICRC had been working to evacuate nearly 14,000 patients and their careers between mid-February...
...That is why we welcome efforts like Saudi Arabian King Abdullah's Interfaith dialogue and Turkey's leadership in the Alliance of Civilizations. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into Interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action - whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster...