Word: pulling
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...next largest market, assets came in at just 1.7% of the world total.) By clustering close to clients, rivals, support services (London is home to three of the world's top four law firms) and all the resources of the City itself, London finance firms like hedge funds can pull in more business and squeeze costs further than if they were located outside that network. The economies of scale, scope and agglomeration, as these perks are known, are particularly acute in London. Without them, says the cebr, the E.U. would have lost out on $44 billion in investment banking-related...
...hawks can fly. This one can do a heart-stopping double somersault in midair and then land on a tiny, moving plank of wood. But ask Tony Hawk, 18, what it takes to pull off an inimitable skateboard stunt and he blithely answers, "You just get the courage up and do it." That combination of aggressive athleticism and laid-back languor?lassitude with attitude?has propelled the lanky 6-ft. blond from Carlsbad, Calif., to the front of the professional skateboarding pack. Hawk (his real name) has won all three of the National Skateboard Association titles previously awarded...
...start a new life as a comedy writer for network radio in Manhattan. His grandfather, ever wary of affection, wonders whether he will have to endure a parting embrace. Eugene replies, "I'm going to kiss you right on the lips. They're going to have to pull us apart." This time his grandfather gets the joke...
...simple reason. In the beginning, the festival was a home for the homeless, for a rambunctious outlaw take on filmmaking. There was no need to be cautious, since indie films were rarely hits. But as Sundance became the showcase for a form of movie gaining marketplace pull, young directors naturally made films to fit the new mold. Sundance films weren't quirky; they did quirky. Quirky became another genre...
...John Young, who writes the blog Cryptome.org, was also contacted by Wikileaks' organizers and asked to sit on its advisory board. He too declined their offer. "Their idea is a good one, but they're moving too fast without providing any evidence that they can pull this off," he says. Young gave Wikileaks a taste of its own medicine by leaking the organizers' e-mail exchanges with him on his own blog...