Word: ringe
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...would be used. He announced, in effect, that the TARP was going to be rolled up, having not spent some $300 billion in funds that Congress, after much drama, had allocated. Then Citibank teetered, and out came the TARP again, this time in pretty much its original guise: to ring-fence the toxic assets on Citi's books. This made some sense, because leaving toxic assets on banks' books, at a time when additional assets may well be losing value because the economy is weakening, means that recapitalizing the banks doesn't have the same effect that it would...
...MISS: Magnificent Jewels Sotheby's auction in New York of period pieces including emerald- and-diamond ear clips that once belonged to the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia and a diamond ring mounted by Boucheron that belonged to 19th century railroad magnate Jay Gould...
...beneficiary of Lima's resurgent interest in bullfighting is Gladys Vilca, operator of an open-air food stall in the passageway that circles the ring for the past 14 seasons. Vilca offers cow heart kebabs, known locally as anticuchos, and picarones, a kind of pumpkin funnel cake. The line in front of her fryers remains long after the matadors have left and the aficionados linger to discuss the events...
...would've lived my life without dealing with [my war memories]." Then, in 2003, a chance encounter with a psychiatrist opened cracks in his willful amnesia. Soon after, the terrible secret of Folman's worst memory came rushing out: under orders, he and his men had guarded the outer ring of the Palestinian refugee camps Sabra and Shatila while Christian Phalangist militiamen went inside and butchered hundreds of women and children...
...negative voices in Allston ring loud but they also ring few,” Yu said. “The majority of the community is excited about the benefit from this presence...