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...down and $30 billion pledged); the bank sells bonds backed by those deposits and pledges, then lends the money out at a small profit. The other main arm of the World Bank, the International Development Association, gets regular infusions of cash from rich countries and lends funds on near giveaway terms to truly poor countries, mostly in Africa (the U.S. contribution is just under $1 billion a year, or 0.04% of federal spending...
Tales of Ferrell's personal kindness are legion and, frankly, get a little repetitive. But in his trailer on the Semi-Pro set, he really does come across as the warm, slightly goofy father of two that he is. He's not "on" or overbearing, just engaged. The only giveaway that he's more than just a dude hanging out in vintage polyester basketball shorts is that every once in a while, comedy spews out of him in extemporized, perfectly paced paragraphs. Here, for instance, is Ferrell's description of his character in Semi-Pro: "I'm Jackie Moon, owner...
...scores in the first period, but the Crimson responded to tie it in the second on goals by captain Dylan Reese and junior Jon Pelle. Just as it had in the first two games of the season, however, the end of the second period spelled disaster for Harvard. A giveaway by Reese deep in his own zone, an unfortunate deflection off of freshman Chad Morin, and a check by Jack Christian that turned the puck loose in front of Harvard's net resulted in three unanswered St. Lawrence goals to run the score to 5-2. The Crimson made things...
...touchdown three plays later.“A really good team,” Murphy said. “You can’t give them the ball.”It was just one of five turnovers on the day. And after a 2005 matchup without a giveaway, the Harvard mistakes were glaringly evident this time around.“The game is really easy,” Tigers coach Roger Hughes said. “It’s about the ball. If you have it, keep it. If you don?...
...Democrats aren't persuaded. The entire program "is a multibillion-dollar giveaway to the drug companies," complains Rep. Henry Waxman, the Government Reform Committee's top Democrat. Ultimately, seniors will decide which party has made the best case when they go to the polls in November...