Word: stoppingly
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...images repurposed into a techno-music montage. Or something. I'm not really sure. I didn't understand All Your Base Are Belong To Us then, and I don't understand it now, but I can't deny its Internet significance. All I remember is that people wouldn't stop saying "Somebody set up us the bomb" for at least a week...
...culture. (I'm pretty sure that half my workday is spent exchanging YouTube videos with co-workers, but don't tell anyone.) There was the Star Wars Kid (2002); Homestar Runner (which I saw in 2003-04); and Tom Cruise's Scientology video (2008). When a friend refused to stop singing "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," I didn't speak to her for three days because whenever I did she would sing it, and the song would get stuck in my head. But that was in 2002, and I haven't seen the video since. That is, until...
Imagine getting 10% for blowing the whistle on Madoff's $50 billion scam. "It's a simple thing that will stop a lot of fraud fast," says Goldman...
...financial panic, markets for certain assets simply stop functioning, and relying on market prices to determine the health of banks would simply mean succumbing to the panic. Then again, relying on bank executives to accurately price their own assets is no good either. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner hopes to get around this by jump-starting a market for troubled mortgage securities, but he hasn't decided yet how exactly to do that. For the moment, determining the health of banks remains a government judgment call...
...third Ivy League title yesterday with an overall undefeated record of 6-0 at the second part of the championship tournament held in Providence, R.I. After defeating Brown, 20-7, earlier in the day, the Crimson was guaranteed a share of the Ivy title. But the Crimson did not stop there, achieving its final victory against No. 6 Penn, 15-12, and clinching the top spot in the Ancient Eight. “We came off strong,” head coach Peter Brand said. “The Ivy League Championship was ours all along. It was a real...