Amid all the waffle and cheerleading spewing out of Brussels, Frankfurt and of course Athens, I have some observations from the Greek honeymoon I have just shared with my new wife Rosalie that merit attention.
"If I own Greek debt, I'm wondering how's that going to get paid off, " Weinberg said.
While I do think a recovery plan is needed, and that any recovery plan will require a Greek bailout, I also believe that if Greeks do not want to pay the necessary taxes to sustain a very large public sector and if Greek officials are incapable of undoing a culture of corruption, any bailout will only stem the bleeding.
" Laura Hillebrand's "Unbroken" has been a tremendous critical and popular success, but that skeptical muttering practically became a Greek chorus while I was reading this "true story.
If I were a Greek politician, faced with these options, I'd be pretty keen to put off that meeting as well.
As a child and teen, I studied a variety of languages, including Latin, German, classical Greek, and Hebrew, but I never learned enough to be considered fluent by any stretch of the imagination.
So all in all, I think that Greek debt restructuring should not be on the agenda.
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As part of my plan, we will cease paying interest on all existing Greek government debt, which I will refer to as our legacy debt.
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The European authorities may have some secret plan for holding the euro together after a Greek exit but, frankly, I have my doubts.
Walking past the Greek tailor in my neighborhood, I felt the need to extol the old-world version of social networking, which is all about schmoozing without any electronic devices or urgency.
Tearing through Greek myths in God of War I, seeing the lush jungles of the original Uncharted, the amazement of battling with your favorite Nintendo characters in Super Smash Bros. 64.
Turkey even appears to have colluded with the Russian patriarch, Kirill, to limit the powers of the Greek Orthodox patriarch in Istanbul, Bartholomew I, usually seen as first among equals in the Orthodox hierarchy.
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It makes you think, I hope people will bring more Greek tragedies back.
As I recall it he uses the Greek events as an example of how the system worked more generally across many countries.
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Because this Greek CDS market is relatively illiquid, when I place my bearish bet, the CDS prices can plummet sharply on my relatively small order.
"I think that maybe is the Greek in me, " she giggles, admitting that she does like to throw herself around the stage a little bit.
If the Greek people vote against my plan in the referendum, I will also resign.
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"I say it clear, there will be no Greek scenario in Slovenia, " she told parliament.
By which I assume you mean mainly Cleitarchus, the shadowy Greek who produced the narrative that underlies most of Diodorus, Quintus Curtius, and Justin, and a handful of even less responsible writers.
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The only thing I can see Greece getting out of this deal is that the Greek bankers and politicos are saving their butts at the expense of the rest of country.
Had I not cut and pasted this crazed quote myself, I might have guessed it came from a reedy tenor in the HuffPo Greek chorus.
The night before Rosh Hashanah, I found myself drinking beers on the rooftop terrace of a place called the Greek Club.
The summer before I started, the dean had the arriving students read the Iliad and memorize the Greek alphabet.
As is my custom I invited several friends over to sample the wines, which were provided by various Greek producers.
During the past few weeks, Psilakis has been giving impassioned presentations in the Northeastern United States, and I recently caught the show and some wonderful food at the Greek embassy in Washington, D.
On Greece, the move by the Greek Prime Minister to put the European debt deal to a vote has caused chaos, as I'm sure you know, this morning both for him and his government, and also from markets around the world.
If not, and I think it cannot, then the "Brady Bond" solution applies to just 25% of Greek debt.
"I declare that I have nothing to do with this case, " he told the Thessaloniki court, according to Greek media.
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