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...recommended eight-ounce dose of water, the Italian tasted a little weak, but smooth. To my surprise, the Colombian actually had a rounder, more satisfying flavor, though I usually prefer a darker roast. (Both types of Via tasted better when the water had a minute to cool.) I wouldn't replace my home-brewed with it, but if my sister-in-law served it to me, it would not strain family relations; it might have made a suspect motel in Davenport, Iowa, slightly less depressing. I'm finishing the Colombian as I type this...
...changes: "It was overdue. We really needed it." In Stamford, Conn. - home to global financial firms like UBS - the outpost's makeover has lifted it from the bottom of IHG's customer-satisfaction scores. "People say, 'Am I at the right hotel?'" says general manager Mike Bennett. "Companies that wouldn't consider us in the past are now staying with...
...beyond the short term," says Michael McKinley a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Strategy at the Australian National University. "You would have to basically train the male soldier to treat women the same way they would treat a male if they were wounded or in particular danger. It wouldn't take long...
...subject to sexual assault and abuse as prisoners. For Robert, the question is not so much whether men and women will be treated differently in capture - he doesn't believe they would be - but whether male soldiers could watch a woman being tortured and react in a way that wouldn't endanger the rest of the troops or inspire them to reveal state secrets. "The attitude with men [in capture] is just 'Suck it in and welcome to captivity,' but if they watching a woman suffer like that, it's a whole different ball game...
...subprime mortgage and consumer credit market, mainly through its 2003 purchase of consumer finance firm Household International. That decision proved disastrous. For the 18 months ending in June, HSBC's U.S. personal-financial-services business posted pretax losses of $20 billion. In March, HSBC announced its consumer-finance operation wouldn't issue any more loans and would begin winding down its business (except for credit cards). Chairman Stephen Green said in a statement at the time that the Household purchase was one "we wish we had not undertaken." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...