Over four years, the US pumped $13bn into Europe (the equivalent of more than $150bn today) in the hope that it would rebuild economic capacity, enable countries to trade with each other, and rebuff the threat from Stalin's Soviet Union.
Eight years after their first attempt to woo a forerunner of Mellon Financial, a Pittsburgh-based rival, was roundly rebuffed, the two banks have fallen into each other's arms.
Nevertheless, Serena chased Ivy away with a threat of calling the cops and Lola rebuffed her cousin's attempt to get to know each other over a coffee.
The girls terrorize each other with stares and put-downs and rebuffs.
They rebuffed a culture based on the Donald Trump reality show The Apprentice – where contestants stomp each other to get ahead.
"Murdering each other, starving each other".
As they walk backwards, in circles around the stage, carefully not bumping into each other, I think about people watching each other's backs, protecting them in the down times, lifting them when they need to go up, seeking out love, companionship, being rebuffed, trying again, attacking the same demons over and over, all the while embracing the joys and camaraderie of friendship.
"The industry must continue to develop strategies and programs that will enable it to identify and rebuff other attempts at wagering fraud".
Foreign donors have tentatively offered to help it to get organised as a proper opposition, but have been rebuffed.Might other opposition parties take over?
