Word: wintered
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...been reported missing several months ago. Wark sad that the body had likely been in the water for the entire time that he had been missing. “Sadly, it is not uncommon for a body that may have been in the water through the winter to suddenly come to the surface in the spring after warmer temperatures,” he said, “It appears that may have been the case with this individual.” At approximately 1 p.m. Monday, a jogger observed what he believed to be a dead body near Eliot Bridge...
...financial system. Economist Nouriel Roubini, who probably has several advanced degrees, wrote in The Washington Post that the Swedes set a precedent for bank nationalization nearly 20 years ago. The first counter to his argument is that it is dark over 20 hours a day in Sweden during the winter which causes a level of depression among the population that may undermine their judgment and views of how dire any economic situation is. If this theory is true, banks in Panama will never face being taken over by the government...
...wonderfully accurate, thanks to sketches of the family home prepared in 1860 for magazine readers eager to know more about their new president. In fact, much of the furniture is authentic - you can see the chairs Lincoln sat in, the desk he wrote on, the stove he stoked in winter. Mary used a chamberpot; Abe preferred the outhouse. (See pictures of how people are cashing in on Barack Obama around the world...
...There is an alternative, of course: a centrist coalition of Kadima, Likud and Labor. But that would require some real moderation and common sense, qualities overwhelmed by weariness and resentment in Israel's dour winter of victory...
London is not the only one suffering. Caution among private investors, particularly when it comes to the enormous athletes' village, has hit other upcoming Games. The local government in Vancouver will now likely fund much of the $820-million village intended for its 2010 Winter Olympics after private backing fell through...