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> It turned out that bankers had been coordinating with one another to manipulate the rate, pronounced “LIE-bore,” by skewing the number higher or lower for their banks’ gain.

It's rare to see shade thrown so overtly in the Times, because it's so rare it can be done this deniably, and always makes me chuckle when it does.



OMG, I was wondering why they waited so far down in the article to describe the pronunciation. Only after seeing your comment did it click!


The Grey Lady maintains plausible deniability at (in?) all times. :)




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