Word: bulletproof
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...loan should include a formal business plan. Draw up a promissory note and a repayment schedule with penalties. This is when firms like Circle Lending can help. It charges from $200 for a personal loan to $800 for a mortgage, plus a monthly fee of $19. But you get bulletproof documentation for legal and tax purposes and billing and collection services too. It will also restructure the loan if necessary. Such flexibility is hard to find at a bank "and really keeps a loan on track," says Asheesh Advani, founder of Circle Lending, who adds that proper documentation cuts...
...Indeed, the CNS, which says it overthrew Thaksin to restore national unity and prevent a violent showdown between his supporters and detractors, is looking less than bulletproof. Sonthi and CNS-appointed interim PM Surayud Chulanont have promised fresh elections by year's end. But just four months after the coup, local polls show that the Thai public is wearying of military rule. At the same time, financial missteps by the military-appointed Cabinet have spooked international investors, as did fatal bombings in Bangkok on New Year's Eve that the junta has yet to solve. Meanwhile, in the restive south...
...where did the magic go? Ségoléne Royal, the Socialist candidate for France's upcoming presidential elections, seemed bulletproof last autumn after trouncing two opponents with high-powered resumés. But in the two weeks since the governing conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) affirmed Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy as its candidate, Sego is looking aimless and rattled - Sarkozy's poll numbers have surpassed hers, and Socialist advisers are beginning to bicker over how to put the wind back in her sails...
...informer, but which was only prosecuted after he had been taken off the books - hasn't commented. And McCord has paid a price for his efforts. There have been attempts on his life and he was forced to move out of North Belfast. He now lives behind bulletproof glass in another part of the city. "People who don't know me see this image of a tough guy who can stand up to these people," he says. "They don't see the man who sits at nights there in the chair and cries over his son." With...
...received numerous death threats, and there is fear in the military's higher ranks that Bainimarama has been targeted for assassination-a fate he narrowly escaped in 2000, during a failed mutiny in the wake of the coup. The Commander is constantly shadowed by eight bodyguards in bulletproof vests. There are rumors that some senior officers now want the Commander removed. "There is a split in the ranks as well," one officer told Time. Despite the threats, Bainimarama gave no sign of backing away from his vow to remove the government unless it agrees to all of his demands...