The falling of Glass-Steagall under Bill Clinton, the use of vastly increased leverage by the investment banks really transformed them into nothing more than casinos with 2 or 3 percent capital backing up their trades.

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Netting is being hung on their facades to protect workers at the site from falling pieces of glass or concrete.

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Riding the compartment full of harlequins, fairies and assorted fur-balls, I felt like Alice falling through the looking glass.

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The glass shattered and the goods started falling from the shelves on us because the entire place was shaking badly.

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