Yet these complex and illiquid instruments were in some cases marketed as quasi-deposits to retail clients, many of whom also bought shares in Bankia.

ECONOMIST: Spain��s banking system

With a whimsically eclectic technique (including musical sequences and special effects), she sets in motion a flashy yet complex superstructure of personal life that rests on a solid, implicit base of quasi-divine technological power and sociopolitical openness and energy.

NEWYORKER: Declaration of War