Yes, the story of Jewball is tethered to real events transpiring just before WWII.

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What was interesting to me was that at no time during this encounter did she assume responsibility for what was transpiring.

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Would we figure out within minutes what was transpiring, and why, and would we wait patiently for the sun to reappear?

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All that said, the reasons for the downgrades in the UK are a bit different from what is transpiring in the eurozone.

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While all this Facebook privacy hubbub has been going down, a really interesting case of privacy invasion has been transpiring offline in Alaska.

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On the face of it, what would be transpiring is only a little bit better than two individuals on the verge of bankruptcy promising to honour each other's debts.

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Interfet is also only now beginning to get an idea of what might be transpiring in Oecussi, the East Timor enclave of some 91, 000 people which is actually within West Timor.

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And all transpiring under a shadow, one made all too evident early last week when the city experienced a collective shudder as the spinning cyclonic shape of Hurricane Bill appeared on TV screens.

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When physical demand can not be met in the primary futures markets, even as there are massive naked shorts in the futures markets, I believe the probability that a major derivatives failure in the gold market is afoot or in the process of transpiring.

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