They are still and quiet save for the sudden fits of coughing, an increasingly common sound in settlements like this.
Their investment proved sound -- the settlement prospered and grew, eventually taking the name of one of the founding farmers, John Green.
This devotion makes Mr Milburn's claim that the government would "rewrite the 1948 settlement" sound more than a little hyperbolic.The level of spending on the NHS over the next few years is not, as Labour has claimed, unprecedented.
Lehman structured many of the instruments and provided a sophisticated guarantee through a swap, which is why they were dragged into the firm's bankruptcy, but the underlying assets were mostly collateralised-debt obligations issued by others.On the surface the settlement sounds pretty good.
They may sound sophisticated, but their settlement can be anything but (many contracts are still buzzed by fax from a buyer to a seller for signing).
"At the end of the day, this is a discussion between different parties to get a sound and sustainable financial settlement.
If after considering all these caveats, a life settlement still sounds like a good idea, experts suggest finding a good broker through the Life Insurance Settlement Association or by asking an agent or insurance company.
Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who oversaw the Senate inquiry into Mr. Aguirre's allegations, said: "After Gary Aguirre's five-year battle with the S.E.C., this settlement sure sounds like vindication.
If large-scale space settlement still sounds a little crazy, consider that from the passing of the Space Settlement Act 1988 until its quiet demise in the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, establishing extraterrestrial civilisation was the official goal of the US in space.
"That's the sound I made when the settlement came in".
The only sound in this flat green settlement on the Mississippi River is the whisper of leaves.
