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...ghost of Jules Millet has kept mostly quiet, but that was enough for the Mansfields. "Believe me, I did not believe in ghosts before this at all," laughs Leslie. "But I don't need any more. I do believe in spooks! I do believe in spooks!" Barring any unforeseen interruptions from Millet, the Mansfields plan to start the renovation project this summer...
...Atonement” and “Saturday,” McEwan employs a series of seemingly random accidents to set his characters on paths that they would not have otherwise contemplated. The main accident in “Solar” is a sudden and unforeseen death that enables Beard to recast himself as a friend of the environment. But “Solar” complicates the theme of accidental change that McEwan returns to so often by incorporating a new idea of willful self-deception. Though Beard believes that “barring accidents, life does...
...philosopher’s ability to respond to misinterpretations and unforeseen objections is hampered, and the reader becomes “indolent and passive” in a way that “thwarts learning,” he said...
During the conference, several other speakers referred to the rise of breast cancer in the developing world as the “unforeseen problem.” According to information packets distributed to symposium attendees, breast cancer is often viewed as a disease affecting only older women from wealthier, developed countries. “Breast cancer, left untreated, is a death sentence,” said Amy C. Sievers, a Dana Farber physician...
...left and what's owed depositors, up to $250,000 per person per bank. Two years ago, the FDIC had about $52 billion in its deposit-insurance fund. Today that fund is technically broke. The agency has money reserved to cover anticipated failures but no cash remaining for unforeseen blowups. It has asked banks to prepay three years' worth of premiums and could seek emergency funds from the U.S. Treasury...