Word: slowness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...assets everybody's worried about now are on the books of still alive banks, investment banks and other firms. The idea would be to get them off the books of these institutions, hold on to them for a few years and possibly try to renegotiate their terms to slow foreclosures. The big challenge will be coming up with a way to do this that avoids bestowing a wholly unearned windfall on the shareholders of the companies ditching the toxic securities...
...partner, two hotheaded rival cops, and the police chief who tries to keep a lid on things. All suspense and mystery in the thriller builds up but quickly deflates as the plot retraces past events without illuminating important details. “Righteous Kill” seems to slow down just so it can speed up again toward a lukewarm climax. The final twist is less shocking than it is groan-inducing. There are only a few good things to be found in the extremely mediocre movie experience that is “Righteous Kill”. At the beginning...
...Case for Slow Food Thanks for your coverage of the Slow Food movement [Sept. 15]. It is misleading, though, to claim that industrialized food "is the only way to economically feed a global population." There is nothing economical about a system contributing a big chunk of our greenhouse-gas emissions. The drivers of deforestation are large-scale agribusinesses pushing into wetlands in Indonesia and rain forests in the Amazon - not Sunshine heirloom-tomato farmers from Sonoma. Anna Lappé, Brooklyn, New York...
...Case for Slow Food...
Thanks for your coverage of the Slow Food movement [Sept. 15]. It is misleading, though, to claim that industrialized food "is the only way to economically feed a global population." There is nothing economical about a system contributing a big chunk of our greenhouse-gas emissions. The drivers of global deforestation are large-scale agribusinesses--not Sunshine heirloom-tomato farmers from Sonoma. Anna Lapp, BROOKLYN...