Word: royale
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...Ironically, the troubled non-Canadian institutions that received capital injections and loan guarantees in other countries now carry a government seal of approval that tilts the playing field in their favor when it comes to borrowing. That leaves Canada's big banks, including Scotiabank, TD Bank Financial Group, RBC Royal Bank and CIBC, at a competitive disadvantage. So the government acted to level the field, not to aid troubled banks. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...vessel.” Inspired by the thinness of human skin, Odundo explained the physical lightness of her pottery, admitting that the practicality of moving her vessels also plays a role in her creative process. “[The pieces] are very light, and when I went to the Royal College, I deliberately wanted to overcome the transportation issues of large pieces,” she explained. “The walls of pieces don’t have to be that thick. I used a ‘pull and pinch’ method.” Professor Blier...
...Street without breaking a sweat. In the green room of a London TV studio, David Lammy, Minister for Higher Education and one of Britain's most prominent black politicians, watched mute and damp-eyed as Obama's family joined him onstage at Grant Park. "There are two families: the royal family and this one," said Lammy finally. "This is going to transform the world's perceptions of America...
...Korean won lost 52% of its value against the dollar. Things haven't gotten that bad yet in 2008, but there are still plenty of sudden bargains in the Land of Morning Calm, long an unjustly ignored travel destination. Bewildering Seoul boasts dramatic mountains, spicy street food and gorgeous royal palaces. Beyond the capital - where almost half the country lives - South Korea has arty port cities like Busan and cultural centers like Gwangju. And anywhere in the country you can get soju - the potent rice wine that will enable you to forget the recession, along with everything else...
...that Scotland can "go it alone" without tax subsidies from London. Aberdeenshire, with its decimated fishing fleet and dwindling offshore oil fields, has been a specific target for outside investment. Trump has promised to create 6000 jobs there, but that hardly mollified Scotland's conservation bodies. On Monday, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, one of the most vocal defenders of the dunes, accused the Scottish government of selling a "greener Scotland down the river" for Trump's money - loaded words, as the rallying cry of many Scottish Nationalists is that the Scots sold their country "down...