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...trumpet solos were particularly successful in carrying the main theme throughout the work despite the many interludes. As in the overture, Levine was able to create rolling waves of sound in building the tensions of the piece, but always pulled back the swells with the regularity of the tide until the climactic end. With noble, powerful gestures, Levine roused the entire symphony in the grand return of the opening theme. As the musicians struck the final notes, filling the entire Symphony Hall with the glorious finale, all audience members were drawn to their feet for several solid minutes of thunderous...
...Darkness had descended on this land," Gates said. "Merchants of chaos were gaining strength. Death was commonplace. Slowly but inexorably, the tide began to turn. Our enemies took a fearsome beating they will not soon forget...
...Lehman headed for bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was the next- most-vulnerable-looking Wall Street firm, so its CEO, John Thain, quickly inked a $29 a share sale to Bank of America that values Merrill at $50 billion. Meanwhile, AIG asked the Federal Reserve for a $40 billion loan to tide it over - a loan it seems unlikely...
...focus now is on the insurance giant AIG, where fears are that losses in real estate investments will spark a credit-rating downgrade that could lead to the firm's unraveling. On Sunday AIG reportedly asked the Federal Reserve for a $40 billion bridge loan to tide it over. On Monday the firm initially got a special dispensation from the governor of New York, the state that regulates it, to tap $20 billion in capital from its subsidiaries. Then it paid a visit to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where President Tim Geithner turned down its loan request...
...Perhaps more crucially for voters at home, Berlusconi received a written assurance from Gaddafi that his country will do more to stem the tide of illegal immigrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libyan shores, most of whom wash up on Italy's shores...