Asked how he saw a jury that didn't look at his client when they filed in, he insisted, "It doesn't mean anything if they don't look at him, if they don't look at him and then look at the floor, maybe, " said Bailey.

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If the futures market had been three hours behind the action just as the specialists on the floor at the NYSE were then it would have been much less of a problem.

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The government will then set a floor price and an upper limit for at least the first three years to avoid excessive price fluctuations.

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Grab an inexpensive lunch at Whole Food's cafe (and then treat yourself to a truffle at Godiva Chocolatier on the ground floor).

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The ghost, at first an unseen presence, smashes crockery to the floor, then appears as a beautiful young woman (Thandie Newton) who growls and talks very, very slowly.

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Members would give up their seats at the NYSE, which would then develop a licensing system for distributing floor trading rights.

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Then, on Nov. 18, at their monthly meeting on the 36th floor of the ECB headquarters, Europe's central bankers delivered an ultimatum to their Irish counterpart, Patrick Honohan: The ECB would disallow use of the Irish central bank's emergency loan program unless Ireland took the bailout.

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Then, at 7 p.m. local time, our party room on the 32nd floor at the Ritz began to shake.

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