Just as the family will go bankrupt unless it can repay its debts by selling the car, the table silver and other luxury items, so must the overburdened euro-zone countries give up their state companies and other luxuries.
This is because in the French tradition, they would drape hugely expensive white linen damask over a simple walnut table and place a silver mirror on top.
Haynes unloaded its contents onto a table, scattering gold and silver coins and bars about a matter of minutes. (Worth: Well, a bit too much to say.) There was no mistaking the innate attraction.
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Enjoy a glass of claret poured by waiters from crystal decanters, and ask for the Castle of Mey roast beef, carved and served from a silver cart at your table.
Despite being red, it sits very easily in the room because there are enough elements that gel with the neutral walls: a wooden coffee table, cane shades, brass and silver lighting.
When I fall asleep at night, I turn away from gazing at my husband beside me to gaze upon the faces of our children, in plain silver frames on our bedside table (that is, unless one of the three of them has decided to invade our bed, in which case I am gazing at their faces from far too close up).
Slapping the stylish silver device down on his coffee table, the man who emerged from obscurity to run Compaq, a company whose name became synonymous with personal computing, makes it clear he wants to break with the past.
Silver illustrates this disconnect with a helpful table, which shows that by keeping the maximum rate at 35% but requiring a minimum 35% tax on all income at a certain threshold, the tax burden is shifted to those earning close to the threshold and away from those earning significantly in excess of the threshold.
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Separately, private-equity firm Silver Lake hasn't taken its offer off the table and would be open to interacting with Mr. Thompson to understand his vision for Yahoo and assess ways to work together, a person familiar with the matter said.
The remaining listed on our popular Periodic Table of Commodity Returns fell, with losses ranging from nearly 10 percent for silver to 32 percent for natural gas.
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On the main table I noticed what looked like the ragtag remains of some Physics 101 lab experiments: rusted silver balls on different inclines, distressed balloons, a stained funnel, a markered flask, a calcium-speckled Bunsen burner, iron filings and sandpaper, large magnets, and batteries that could have been bought from a Chinese immigrant on the subway.
As Great Britain continues to climb the actual medal table, it also tops a more dubious medal count one not measured in gold, silver and bronze, but in lead, tin and zinc.
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