The Federal Reserve came to the aid of insurance giant AIG, engineering an $85 billion rescue, staving off the bankruptcy and hoping to bring a measure of calm to a shellshocked global market.
Psalm 118 is a hymn of thanksgiving for the wonderful deliverance that God gave His people and as such it is a fitting conclusion to the "Hallel Psalms".
Both. Conservationists don't have enough funding to save every endangered species in the world, so they have to decide based on what would be lost if a species became extinct.
Well, Offit's take is this is simply that Russia wants to seize the international spotlight and burnish Russia's image at a time when the world is looking to scientists to rescue us, of course, from the coronavirus epidemic.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who died and those who lost so much; and we are indebted to members of the emergency services who risked their own lives, this past year, saving others.
As the world continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, I thank all the nurses, doctors, healthcare professionals, manufacturing workers, truck drivers, and so many others who are working to save lives.
But despite those long term concerns, big studios will keep looking to China, its theaters packed with heroes who may not save the world, but could give a boost to Hollywood's bottom line.