Word: underneath
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...reporters and cameramen tried to get close. His father, David Goldman, was waiting for him inside. Sean cried as his Brazilian relatives and family lawyer tried to get him through the scrum. He carried his luggage and wore a gold shirt with the Brazilian flag and Olympic rings underneath. Goldman didn't speak as he was led from a black SUV across the street to the consulate. His maternal grandmother, Silvana Bianchi, said in tears that "this is a very difficult moment...
...Hallmark has rolled out some 25 new recession-themed cards this year - up from just five last year. "We can say it: This wasn't the year that any of us had hoped for," reads one gold-inked card. Another shows a small Christmas tree with three wrapped presents underneath: "We don't have to have a lot to have everything...
...Underneath these logistical issues, however, may be a fundamental shift in values. Two-thirds of working women in Taiwan are university-educated, and fewer of them are jumping into tying the knot early. "I'm not pursuing marriage," says Hsu Yu-hua, a 30-something accountant in Taipei. "Not with today's divorce rate [38% in Taiwan]. I'm financially independent, and it's more convenient to be single." Only a third of Taiwan's women are married by age 30, in contrast to 20 years ago, when the average age for marriage for women was 26. Many more...
...Bloom '12, who was at the bank just after the robber left, said that the teller who was counting her deposit suddenly stopped and ducked underneath the counter with another teller. (The duck and cover technique only keeps us safe from tornadoes, not bank robbers, silly.) Bloom was left puzzled and at the counter with her large sum of money splayed out in piles, the two tellers exchanged in whispers about what they should do next. Bloom did not know a robbery had occurred until she asked over the counter if everything was alright...
...allow the yuan to appreciate, though policymakers remain nervous about the negative effect that could have on its struggling export sector. China "is like watching a duck swim," says Giles Chance, author of the recently published book China and the Credit Crisis. "On the surface it seems fine, but underneath it's quite chaotic." (Read "How Wall Street's Bust Threatens Dubai's Boom...