... variable x in equations (3.3.3) and
(3.3 .4) is entirely through the linear x-dependence of A and B, and (through A and
B) the cubic x-dependence of C and D.
We can readily check that y
is ... A and B are defined in (3.3.2) and
C ≡
1
6
(A
3
− A)(x
j+1
− x
j
)
2
D ≡
1
6
(B
3
− B)(x
j+1
− x
j
)
2
(3.3 .4)
Notice that the dependence on the independent variable x in equations (3.3.3) and
(3.3 .4) ... monotonically decreasing, and
given a number x, find an integer j such that x lies between xx[j] and xx[j+1].
For this task, let us define fictitious array elements xx[0] and xx[n+1] equal to
plus...
... a. Switzerland is mountainous and I enjoy going to the mountains
b. There are lots of green valleys and high mountains
IV. The People
a. I could learn more about the culture and customs ... transportation, he can take the bus!
TOEFL Outlines ( 1 – 50 )
TOEFL question #16:
Movies are popular all over the world. Explain why movies are so popular.
Use reasons and specific examples to support ... are more materialistic and value things:
computers, stereos, cars, big houses, and nice yards.
V. In short, there are a number of differences in my parents’ generation and
in my generation....
... above.
1. Photographs and recollections confirm that in features and
coloring he his mother.
2. He was quite a small man, about five feet in height, poor
and .
PASSAGE 24
CHILDMINDING
When ... Megan's been married for 18 years and still loves her
husband, but ., his meanness.
4. To help infection, our community care workers also
provide clean needles and syringes to those clients who ... to it.
4.
PASSAGE 25
A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER
Kevin Rogers used to be my boss. He was a hard-working
businessman and a real slave driver, always telling us we had
to sell more and more....
... the result of sequential mergers and acquisitions are awfully hard to
understand and regulate, and it seems unlikely that management itself
fully understands and controls the risks embedded in ... innovations and new av-
enues that avoid cumbersome and costly regulations by shifting them
either functionally or geographically.
244
Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Financial Architecture 217
banks), and ... banks and non-bank financial services
3. See for example “A Ragbag of Reform,” The Economist, March, 1 2001.
226 Mergers and Acquisitions in Banking and Finance
and vigorously competitive and perhaps...