Word: requesters
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...Beijing looked to the Nov. 15 international summit in Washington to begin reforming the global financial system with a call to pump up the IMF in managing the situation. "Leaders agreed that the IMF should play a critical role in assisting countries seriously affected by the crisis, upon their request," a concluding statement urged...
...next stop was a rose garden, at Kevin’s request. We began smelling the roses, the only thing one can really do in a rose garden, when a small grey-haired woman approached us. Seeing four guys wander aimlessly through the foliage probably stirred some pity in her heart. “The more beautiful they are, the less fragrant,” she poetically advised. Thus began a quest to find the ugliest rose in the garden and smell it. Though we quickly tired of the game (partially because a guide reminded us that we were smelling...
Last week, Chambers’ blasphemous legal battle finally met with defeat, as the inability to contact the plaintiff overcame the senator’s quixotic fervor and a judge denied his request for a judgment. But, in the legislator’s defense, his justification for the lawsuit has generally been lost amid the frenzied media coverage...
...unofficial taxes on merchants. One hapless would-be district chief, General Habibullah, sold his Corolla in order to pay the 150,000 Afghanis ($3000) bribe he thought he needed to secure a lucrative post in the northern province of Takhar, only to learn his mistake a day later: the request for 150,000 referred to dollars, not the local currency. "One hundred and fifty thousand Afghanis didn't seem like a lot of money, and I thought I could help my people at the same time," he says...
...wakefulness; if that doesn't do the trick, there's also a eucalyptus shower fizzer. Still groggy? The light box over the desk helps re-energize you in 20 minutes and the special morning breakfast menu offers invigorating tea and high protein smoothies. To reserve, call the hotel and request the Concept Room. 320 North Dearborn Street...