Word: tells
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...loyalty from its disparate subjects. The altars of Byzantine churches, for example, were hidden by huge screens decorated with icons of saints and martyrs that, while huge and impressive, are also as inexpressive as a child's doll. Without realistic human features or vivid detail through which to tell their stories, these icons demand that viewers use imagination to grasp the lives of the dead. The icons' elusiveness, in other words, allows for a stronger spiritual connection...
...said that this current market crisis isn't necessarily a black swan event. People did see this coming.It is a white swan, but very few people saw it coming, I guarantee. Nobody saw the real cost. And let me tell you the problem. The system used to analyze risk is completely defective, and actually could not keep up with the complexity of the financial products that are involved. You have what I call a geometric or exponential increase in risks. For example, if the market drops 10% you lose $100 million. But if the market drops...
...bogus claims have been made by the financial economics establishment, based on metrics that we know don't work, and a lot of portfolios are based on these underestimations of wild uncertainty. The coverage is adequate now - it's not adequate on a regular day when people just tell you the market went up one point and they give you a reason. But today we have problems. The public needs to know. But amid all this, your company is doing quite well.The only important thing about it is that I protected my clients. I offer a protection package...
...Shaun Dakin, who worked in calling centers for the Democratic Party during the 2004 and 2006 election cycles, remembers the often profanity-laden responses he received from voters angered by mid-meal calls. "Some would tell me, 'Hey guess what, you're calling for X campaign, well then I'm going to vote for Y campaign." For this reason, he launched a movement to create a political version of the Do Not Call registry, arguing that voters should at least be able to opt out. His website, StopPoliticalCalls.org, even includes a "Robo-Call of Shame...
...this year, with 10% of its admissions made up of children of immigrant parents - Nigerian, Polish, Dutch, Ghanaian and Spanish among them. Initially, says principal Dónal O hAiniféin, the school was not an obvious choice for immigrants, but as their communities put down roots, "They tell me, 'My child is Irish, I'd like him or her to be fluent in the Irish language.'" Schools around Ennis are now discussing raising the required minority admission rate...