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The fact, according to geologists, is that the Kathmandu Valley was indeed once a lake, though the valley’s waters now drain through the narrow cleft of Chobar Gorge, which was most likely created by a large earthquake.)
That was not counting the inevitable "business delegation" composed of representatives of government-owned financial institutions and companies, the Manila Times added, pointing out that "every single presidential aide or factotum gets $2,000 in allowance for a trip," meaning "$200,000 going down the drain for allowances alone," on top of which there were the air fares, hotel bills, rented cars and communications equipment, phone bills, "etcetera."
And they had reason to worry about failure: millions of dollars down the drain; a shoot-out that could be seen as an assassination; and, if there were repercussions in Pakistan, perhaps a coup.
That unit is now generally acknowledged to be a drain on the company's stock price, and so Monsanto shareholders have been hoping for a full spin-off.
There's nothing romantic about the criminal violence depicted in the Godfather movies or the way the blood seems to drain out of Pacino's character over the course of the epic.