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...which oversees the common currency in the 15-nation Euro zone, slashed its main lending rate three quarters of a percentage point to 2.5%, following two half percentage point cuts in October. Since credit markets are all but locked up in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September, the ECB has ratcheted down its main lending rate by a total of 1.75 percentage points. (Read " Will Europe's Bank Bailout Plan Really Work...
...around team game,” Lin said of that performance. “I was just trying to attack the zone, basically just take what they gave...
...Usually our team relies strongly on 5-on-5 play,” Alex Biega said. “Unfortunately, against BC, we weren’t really focused enough to take the game in our hands and shove the puck down their throats and play in their zone the majority of the game...
...Conspicuous Consumption Is Safe. It used to be hard to tell rich from poor in Baghdad, especially outside the Green Zone. Fear of being kidnapped for ransom prompted many wealthy Iraqis to feign poverty. Living below one's means became an art form: decrepit cars, cheap cell phones, minimalist jewelry...
Perhaps a visit to northeastern Chad would change their minds. As I drove out to the area in spring 2007, the first sign we were entering a dead zone was the carcass of a camel. Camels can go three weeks without water in the Sahara, so the heap of fur, hair and bleached bones was an ominous sight. We entered a mud-walled, straw-roofed village. Instead of giving the usual smiles and waves, the children ducked away. A few minutes later, we crested a rise in the road and were confronted by nine janjaweed horsemen, rifles over their shoulders...