Word: spilt
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...will try to keep the ink spilt on 2004’s inexorable dreck to a minimum, but I must mention the worst-looking film of the year, The Whole Ten Yards, an inexplicable sequel to 2000’s marginally successful Matthew Perry/Bruce Willis buddy vehicle. The film’s preview features a mulleted, apron-donning Willis vacuuming in bunny slippers as he scolds Perry for touching his chickens. So many questions, so very little interest in the answers...
Capital Punishment After all the the spilt milk, Italian business may be about to start crying even harder over the Parmalat scandal. Stung by the €7 billion alleged fraud at the dairy firm, Italian banks are looking to tighten restrictions and raise risk premiums on loans to companies. And the domestic corporate-bond market has all but dried...
...INDICATORS Crying Over Spilt Milk Italian dairy group Parmalat narrowly avoided defaulting on a €150 million bond, claiming it was unable to recover €500 million invested in an offshore fund. With debts of €6 billion, the firm's credit rating was earlier slashed twice in as many days...
...Karachi become a megalopolis of mayhem? In 1947, when Britain spilt the Raj into India and Pakistan, modern Karachi, more than any other city, was a by-product of this upheaval. Before partition, its inhabitants included Hindus, Parsis, Muslim traders, Goans, and Sheedis, descendants of African slaves shipped over in chains during the 18th century. An illustration of Karachi's surviving cultural diversity: at a one-room shrine that has more to do with African tribalism than Islam, women flock to see Mushkan, a male Sheedi medium in white, womanly robes. When he goes into a trance, he says...
...spilt leaves the Crimson tied for second in the league with Dartmouth. The two will meet this Tuesday in their final game of the season to decide sole possession of second place...