Word: trappings
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...Britain's Financial Services Authority launched an inquiry into "spinning" - the investment bank practice of doling out shares in hot IPOs to win more business from top executives. The first sleuthing step was writing firms to ask if they routinely spin shares. How could the guilty ever escape that trap? China Gains on U.S. Pains In a year when foreign direct investment has plunged about 27% worldwide, China is expected to buck the trend with a record influx of over $50 billion. Indeed, new U.N. forecasts say China will pass the U.S. for the first time as the top recipient...
After a narrow escape from death, the future looked bright for Baba, a young Iberian lynx in the Coto Doñana National Park in southwest Spain. Last April, he was rescued from an illegal poacher's trap and nursed back to health, despite badly injured feet and legs. Then in July, he was released into the wild, outfitted with a radio collar to monitor his movements. But just weeks later, the radio signals stopped. A local park warden believes that Baba was killed, probably by a hunter keen for such a rare trophy. For centuries, the Iberian lynx...
However, Byrnes’ largest contribution to the Crimson’s effort was his kickoff returns. Always ensuring Harvard prime field position, he undercut any efforts by the Big Red to trap the Crimson deep within its own territory...
Finally we spring our trap: global warming gets much worse, the polar ice caps melt and Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are rendered inoperable due to water damage...
Harvard could not figure out a way to solve the Broncos’ aggressive offsides trap, which forced twelve offsides calls against the Crimson...