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Tue 09 Sep 2008Crunching the language
It's hard sometimes to find words to make sense of a crisis as serious and complex as the current banking meltdown. But several striking phrases have become common as the global financial crisis has spread
TUMULTUOUS TIMES change language. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 left us with the legacy phrase "Ground Zero". Fast forward and the crisis on world financial markets has thrown up a glossary of new terms to describe events.
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