Word: twistings
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...innocent lives, was the killing of the chief of the local Anti-Terrorism Squad, Hemant Karkare. He had been leading investigations into earlier bomb blasts that had uncovered evidence suggesting the complicity of Hindu extremists, including politicians and a serving Army officer. His investigation, which had given a new twist to the discourse on terrorism in India, is another casualty. T. Maryam, New Delhi...
...heading up the investigations into earlier bomb blasts and had started to reveal some startling information on the complicity of some very high-profile and well-placed extreme elements of the majority community, including a senior serving member of the army. His investigation, which had already given a new twist to the entire discourse on the fight against terror in India, is another casualty. T. Maryam, NEW DELHI
...bizarre twist to the already convoluted global financial situation, economists realize that all this time it was really China that owed the United States money...
...musical advances on “We Are Beautiful.” In just six months the band has moved well beyond its previously simplistic songwriting by incorporating new influences and song structures. Closer “All Your Kayfabe Friends” and the title track both twist in myriad directions, always threatening to dissolve into chaos while just clinging to some semblance of structure. The influence of Pavement on the band is clearer than ever on the beautiful lo-fi ballad “Heart Swells/Pacific Daylight Time.” (It even has two parts!) Some...
...right to purchase additional shares of the company equal to 15% of its investment. With a $10 billion investment, then, Treasury gets $10 billion in preferred shares and the right to buy an addition $1.5 billion in additional plain-vanilla stock - the kind regular investors would buy. The twist is that the government can buy those shares at a set price - an average of what the company's stock was trading at during the 20-day period prior to its initial investment. So if the bank's stock price rises from where it was in, say, mid-October, the government...