Word: zeros
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...greenback is "wobbling," "slumping," "plunging" or even "collapsing." Marc Faber, a Hong Kong-based investment guru with a flair for the dramatic, went so far as to declare in a TV interview a few weeks ago that the U.S. currency was on its way "to a value of exactly zero...
...From Zero to Hero Pacquiao was not one to pick quarrels. But he did not shy away when friends got into free-for-alls: what he calls, with an almost pop-eyed relish, bukbukan - unrestrained fistfighting. He loved boxing. Dionisia recalls an 8-year-old Manny wrapping towels around his hands to mimic gloves. Rey Golingan, a General Santos City businessman, remembers the young Pacquiao attending the weekly bouts in the main plaza. "Manny was always there at the fights, waiting to be paired with someone," says Golingan. But his consistency wasn't matched by any obvious talent. "Honestly...
With the score knotted at zero in the 68th minute, sophomore Tim Linden—who had entered the game just two minutes earlier—found himself with space on the left. Linden curled in a cross towards the back post that flew over the heads of the Penn back line...
...round welterweight battle between Pacquiao and Miguel Angel Cotto of Puerto Rico had been one of the most anticipated fights in recent boxing history, a sport that has been in short supply of anticipation lately. And it did not disappoint, what with the momentum of the zero-to-hero legend of Pacquiao. Indeed, Cotto, the reigning welterweight champion, was pegged as the 5-1 underdog two days before the fight, though he came in with the power that everyone expected him to deliver. Most unofficial scorers gave him the first round. (See a story about Manny Pacquiao...
...just 10 months, far more than any of his predecessors. At almost every stop, he has espoused a new vision for world relations, one of greater communication, collaboration and cooperation, even among historic foes. "As I have said, in an interconnected world, power does not need to be a zero-sum game, and nations need not fear the success of another," Obama said Saturday morning, in a speech at Tokyo's Suntory Hall, a modern concert hall...