Word: repeater
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...even here, the global credit squeeze is making it tougher for businesses to borrow money to cover their short-term needs. "Right now, we're facing trouble," says Tommy Lam, owner of a garment factory in Dongguan, a Chinese manufacturing hub near Hong Kong. "We're not getting repeat orders we're supposed to get. [And] banks are warning us they may cut our credit in the future...
...Monday's global rally was ascribed to weekend announcements by the G-7 and agreements by the 15 nations that use the euro to intervene in the crisis with huge financial assistance, Tuesday's repeat came as those measures were backed up by actual figures in both Europe and the U.S. In Paris on Monday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged $488 billion to underwrite loans between banks and inject capital into troubled banks and financial groups. Similarly, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said up to $651 billion would be used for similar uses - though primarily limited to underwriting lending between banks...
...interview then with TIME. "We have the same roots. He was in business and sports, and so was I. We can speak to each other," Berlusconi declared. The two always made a point of calling each other by their first names, regularly slapped each others' backs, and Berlusconi earned repeat invitations to Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas...
...this remix of the video by Dustin McLean, the lyrics repeat exactly what is occurring on screen. "Everything's drawn and super 80s," croons the singer when the woman first enters the comic (the technique used here is one called rotoscoping, which essentially draws over footage of actual people; Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was one of the first major films to use rotoscoping, while more recent examples include A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life). "I'm going to kick some ass with my own pipe wrench," when the leather-clad dude pulls out his weapon (where...
...only short-term fixes. For export-oriented Asian economies, the specter of a protracted U.S. recession remains daunting. Tommy Lam, owner of a garment factory in Dongguan, a Chinese city near Hong Kong, says that he has already seen a reduction in demand. "We're not getting the repeat orders we're supposed to get," Lam says...