Word: winning
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...past year has been a momentous one for American-Jewish-Taiwanese singer Alisa Galper. After her win on the Taiwan talent show One Million Star (the island's answer to American Idol), she was quickly signed by Universal Music Taiwan, who immediately began touting her as "Asia's Rihanna." The comparison isn't too fanciful, and what she lacks in the Barbadian singer's rhythmic ease, she makes up for in range and diversity...
...technical details surrounding greater industry oversight may paper over a divisive philosophical gulf. The U.S. and Britain, with their instinctive support and dependence on free-market finance, are increasingly at odds with France and Germany, who are more skeptical about the benefits of unfettered capitalism and hope to win votes at home by controlling its excesses. But even among native English speakers, there's an intriguing debate taking place about the limits of finance, spearheaded by Adair Turner, the chairman of Britain's market regulator, the Financial Services Authority. To the dismay of some in the City of London...
...handsome, mourning face, and lends A Single Man a delicate warmth that should touch all who see the picture. Firth may not have been the most famous actor to tread the Lido carpet, but don't be surprised if he earns an Oscar nomination to match his Venice win...
...Financial Protection Agency, giving the Federal Reserve the job of systemic-risk regulator and establishing a "resolution regime" to wind down troubled nonbank financial institutions (like Lehman) and complex bank holding companies. Steps in the right direction? Probably. Truly major reforms? Not so much--and even they may not win congressional approval...
...Brown (0-2, 0-1 Ivy) to simply get a chance to win the game took some magic in its own right...