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...family is from Mumbai, and my grandfather lives next door to the Oberoi hotel,” Tobaccowala ’10 said. “So this has literally hit home for us.”She said her grandfather is fine but was shaken by the fact that he could have been caught in the carnage. These attacks are particularly striking because of the targeting of westerners and higher Indian society, Tobaccowala said. “It’s an interesting situation because the Taj and the Oberoi are where most of the foreigners go when they...
...gave the rest of the world a glance at what the siege looked like from the inside: hotel guests survived on drinks and snacks from the mini bar, with no official information reaching them. Among the first batch of released hostages was Kareem Sharif, an American-Canadian citizen, looking shaken but relieved. He said he'd been in the spa when the terrorists came in at 10:30 on Wednesday night and unleashed mayhem. He says they fired indiscriminately, and people took shelter wherever they could. David Jacobs, an Australian, said it wasn't the lack of food and water...
...decisive round.“She just didn’t have her legs,” Leone said. “We were hopeful, and I’m proud of her giving it a go.”Extra time saw a few Crimson players shaken up and replaced. Sophomore midfielder Gina Wideroff went up for a header with a Northeastern player and came down with a bloody nose; she left the game and did not return, but put on another jersey to signal her readiness to re-enter the game. In the 109th minute, senior midfielder Rachael...
...Young suggests that greater transparency, including disclosing risk to investors, could rebuild shaken confidence in the industry. Indeed, given the populist backlash against complicated financial mechanisms, tighter regulation now seems inevitable. In the U.S., Congress has scheduled hearings to examine the role of hedge funds in the ongoing financial crisis. "It's going to be quite a slog to get really serious reforms," Young says. "But I'd argue it is in the industry's interest to promote greater transparency...
...shaken vodka martini era in Bond films lasted almost 25 years, until Daniel Craig took the role of Bond in 2006's Casino Royale. Reverting to the original recipe from Fleming's first Bond book, Craig's 007 ordered a drink he dubbed the Vesper - a hybrid martini that is three parts gin and one part vodka, mixed with a half-ounce of Kina Lillet. Ordering the drink, Bond's words in the film were an exact echo of the dialogue in Fleming's 1953 Casino Royale story...