Word: backups
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...peek at its new, softer and more generous self, by agreeing to give Mexico a credit line of up to $40 billion. Mexico isn't in the same sort of crisis that has driven it to the IMF several times in the past 30 years, but it wanted backup financing agreed just in case. Tellingly, the IMF extended the credit line through a new facility that doesn't impose the same sort of rigid conditions that gave the organization such a bad name in the past. That prompted Stephen Timms, financial secretary to Britain's Treasury, to crow: "We have...
...most critical power users - the military, hospitals, the banking system, phone networks, Google's server farms - have multiple contingencies for uninterrupted power supply and backup generation. In the event of a cyberattack on the grid, they would be able to operate for long periods - days, weeks and, in some cases, indefinitely - without much difficulty...
Crimson coach Joe Walsh named six seniors in his starting lineup, including backup catcher Jared Wortzman—an avid...
Since November, when students began using the small stripe on their IDs for dining halls, swipers have had backup cards on hand to let in those who forgot/lost/never had an ID. But now, these poor souls will starve. And since the small stripe is not associated with Harvard PINs, reciting that 8-digit number will do you no good...
...married for the first time in 1985 to actress Julianne Phillips; their marriage ended in 1989, amid rumors that Springsteen was carrying on a relationship with backup singer Patti Scialfa, whom he married in 1991. They have three children together...