Word: watchfulness
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Trading in the lucrative swaps - which insured banks against losses on loans backed by mortgage securities - began on Greenberg's watch. But he is likely to argue that only after his ouster in March 2005 did the company's troubled FP unit fail to put up sufficient collateral to cover potential losses from the increasing number of loans backed by subprime mortgages. "You want to make sure you don't have any unexpected surprises down the road," he told TIME in a recent interview...
...come to cruise with the vultures. The greedy got punished, the new prospectors say. But maybe this is just how the life cycle has to work to restore balance to the world. Painted on the side of the green bus is a house being sprinkled with a watering can ("Watch your investment grow!") and a tree with dollar bills hanging on it. Anything can grow here in all this hope and sunshine, if you bury your fear deep enough...
...think Rachel will be a great matchup for [Cornell], because her ball goes up while they swing down,” Vertovez said. “We hope [she] will give us two more stellar performances on the mound, quiet their bats, and make it fun to watch...
...absolutely imperative for the parents and the typical kids to have time by themselves, to go out to dinner or even go on vacation while someone else cares for the autistic child. When families eat at home, sometimes the autistic child will have dinner first and then watch a movie, while everyone else has dinner in peace...
...find real Nishi, too. A shaman wanders into our camp, his hornbill cap adorned with a mirror and a majestic eagle feather. One night, three silent Nishi fishermen carrying torches pass our camp. We watch their silhouettes flicker and vanish into the steep night forest. They had lit torches to find their way, and to scare off tigers and evil spirits. I shiver, glad that we're on the river, and just passing through...