And Bank of America (nyse: BOA - news - people ) executives have shrugged off persistent rumors that they are interested in buying an investment bank or a European commercial bank.
And all game long he had overshadowed his team's new signings Luis Boa Morte - playing against his old club - and Nigel Quashie.
She returned just before the World Championships in Osaka where she won the 400m title, but she remains suspended for life from competing at the Olympic Games under a BOA by-law.
Brian McBride broke the deadlock with an unstoppable shot before Barry Hayles added a tap-in, and Boa Morte's close-range effort sealed the win.
They made Jesse Ventura, of feather-boa wrestling fame, the governor of Minnesota.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) A 7-foot-long boa constrictor, two ball pythons and a monitor lizard were stolen from a Central California science museum by a man who was caught on camera throwing the reptiles into a plastic trash bag.
Meanwhile, winger Luis Boa Morte has held clear-the-air talks with Sullivan after criticising the co-owner on Sunday's Match of the Day.
The specimens were determined to range from tiny lizards such as O. gracilis, to snakes as large as a modern boa constrictor, to meat-eating lizards up to 2m (6ft 6in) long.
During an elaborate purification ceremony before the game, she poured libations of gin, danced with a boa constrictor on the 45-yard line and prayed to every deity from Jesus to Oya.
Headline tier-one capital ratios show all three banks at 11-12% (with BoA including Merrill Lynch).
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Blackpool had to change their keeper at the interval with Ghanaian Richard Kingson replacing Matt Gilks and his first job was almost picking the ball out of the net as Portuguese midfielder Boa Morte latched on to a cute through-ball by Parker but shot narrowly wide of the right-hand post.
No date has been set but Ohuruogu's hearing in front of the BOA's independent appeals panel will be in mid-late November.
West Ham made the most of their one-man advantage as they piled on the pressure, and only a superbly timed goal-line clearance by Danny Higginbotham prevented Luis Boa Morte putting the home side ahead with a mishit shot.
The BOA's Olympic coaching programme, led by Rugby World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward, will receive "seed corn funding" from the deal.
The Hammers were forced back by wave after wave of red attacks which came to very little before Luis Boa Morte blazed a shot high and wide from a Nigel Reo-Coker cross.
The judgement, though, could hardly be more clear-cut, and will raise serious questions about the BOA's decision to take the argument to CAS. The BOA has already hired David Pannick, one of the country's best known lawyers, to present its case.
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According to Hunt, also the BOA chief executive, there were two other objectives aside from bettering Turin - personal bests for as many GB athletes as possible, and gaining key lessons for London's summer Olympics in 2012.
The BOA has previously come under fire for setting what its critics consider an overly-optimistic a target of fourth place in the overall medal table at the London Olympics.
The memorial's planners managed to head off an animal-rights controversy by having Eleanor Roosevelt's statue shed her characteristic fur boa.
"Mr Sullivan should have a bit more composure when he talks to the press to hammer the players, it's not helping anyone, " said Boa Morte, who scored on his return for the Hammers in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Manchester City.
Then Boa Morte, under pressure from Brede Hangeland, put Cole clear through, but his right-footed shot was diverted to safety by Paul Konchesky.
Ohuruogu's chances of clearing her name were boosted recently when the BOA cleared triathlon world champion Tim Don and judo player Peter Cousins, who both also missed out-of-competition drugs tests.
When asked why this case dragged on so long, given BoA had paid billions of dollars to settle similar claims by other insurers and investors over soured mortgage-backed securities, Kasowitz demurred.
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Their last collectivist victory, 2-0 against France, brought to mind less the flashing flair of the matador, more the boa constrictor slowly crushing the air from its hapless victim.
Karnazes earns a healthy six-figures annually thanks to royalties from his two books, speaking engagements and sponsors like North Face, Boa (shoes) and Motorola Mobility (MotoActv sports watch).
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