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Just a notice: I may not update for a while, due to the fact that I will be studying abroad in Japan until July or August. I will try to update occasionally but I won't make any promises, since enjoying Japan and learning the language will be my main focus for the next few months. Enjoy!
Sirius snarled upon seeing Snape. Why was he here?
"Snivellus," he growled, automatically reverting back to the childhood nickname for the Potions professor. Severus's murderous glare turned on him before turning back on to Pettigrew, who was trying to squirm out of Lupin's grasp.
"Severus," Lupin said with surprise. "What are you doing here?"
Severus reached into his robes to draw out the vial of Wolfsbane potion he had with him.
"You forgot to take your potion," he informed Lupin, whose eyes widened. "Very reckless of you, especially with students wandering about after hours."
Snape turned his glare on Granger and Weasley, who flinched back. Then Hermione gasped as she looked at the potion.
"That's Wolfsbane, isn't it?" she asked. Lupin gave a reluctant nod.
"Then that means you're a werewolf," she said as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor downed the potion, grimacing as it traveled down his throat.
"I'm a werewolf," Lupin confirmed. "I was bitten as a child. Dumbledore has been kind enough to look past my condition this year and when I went to school here."
"Leave us," Professor Snape ordered Hermione and Ron. "Go back to the castle and fetch Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore. Tell them that I sent for them and it's urgent. Nothing else." That would be enough to make the headmaster and deputy headmistress move quickly.
"Now!" Snape snapped when the two students hesitated.
"Ron's leg is broken, sir," Hermione said. Severus glanced down at the boy's leg. He could see it bent at an odd angle.
"Then I suggest that you go alone, Miss Granger," he informed the girl. "Mr. Weasley will be brought to the hospital wing shortly."
Hermione nodded. She gave Ron an apologetic look before darting out of the room. Severus could hear her pounding down the steps. He kept his wand trained on Black. Lupin's wand was pointed at Pettigrew.
"Start talking, Black," Severus ordered coldly. Black glared at him. "Or I start throwing curses," Severus threatened. "I know quite a few now."
Black sneered but began to talk.
"You remember Peter Pettigrew, don't you?" he asked. Snape nodded. He had loathed the cowardly Gryffindor when he was in school. He had never understood how the likes of Pettigrew had become friends with James Potter.
"You're supposed to be dead," he told Pettigrew, who shivered under his cold stare.
"He framed me," Black said. "And he's been masquerading as a rat for the past twelve years."
"My rat," Ron Weasley muttered, slightly stunned by the turn of events.
"I'm going to kill him," Black whispered, eyes mad. Severus grit his teeth. Black was still as idiotic as ever, then.
"If you think that I will allow murder on the grounds of Hogwarts and Hogsmeade…" he said in a low voice. "But I am not surprised that murder is your plan, since you already attempted it once when you were a student."
Sirius glared at Severus.
"You're still on about that?" he asked.
"You tried to kill me," Severus reminded the mad man. "I won't ever forget that."
"It was a joke," Sirius snapped. "You overreacted, like always."
A cough from Lupin broke into their fighting. Severus directed his attention back to Pettigrew. As tempting as it was to kill the rat, there would be no use in Pettigrew's death. The Potions professor briefly considered allowing Black to kill the rat and then handing over the escaped prisoner to the dementors to ensure that Black would be unable to try and obtain guardianship of his son but he discarded that thought. It would be foolish.
"Why are you here tonight, Lupin?" Severus demanded. "I thought you were against helping old friends into the castle after hours." He made sure the mocking tone was strong in his voice.
"I received a letter from Sirius a few weeks ago," Remus replied. "And I saw Pettigrew reappear on school grounds earlier. I came to investigate."
"And put students at risk," Severus sneered. "And here Dumbledore convinced me that you were harmless."
Remus glared at the dark-haired man.
"Are you going to let me kill Pettigrew or not?" Black demanded, lunging for the rat. Snape forced the man back with a stinging hex.
"Don't be rash, Black, despite how impossible it is for you," he said. "Unless you want to return to Azkaban and receive the Dementor's Kiss."
Black paled but his eyes were still manic as he stared at Pettigrew, who was quivering in fear.
"I don't care," he said. Severus tried not to roll his dark eyes.
"Then I will take delight in informing your godson of your fate," he said, reminding Black of Harry. It was risky but Severus was trying to ensure that Pettigrew remained alive. He needed to know how much Pettigrew knew, especially about Lord Voldemort and the night the Potters died. There were some details that were still unclear to the wizarding world and Snape was sure that Pettigrew held the answers.
Sirius's wild grin faded at the mention of Harry. Regret flashed in his eyes.
"What else am I supposed to do?" he asked. "Let this rat go free?" He laughed bitterly at the thought.
"I'll take Pettigrew back to the castle," Lupin suggested quietly. "The dementors are already here so they can transport him to Azkaban. If we handle this right, you can be free, Sirius. You can get to know Harry, Sirius."
Severus frowned. Sirius's eyes flickered to the dark-haired man but the former prisoner sighed as he silently agreed. He would rather be free than locked back up in Azkaban.
"He's awfully quiet," Sirius commented, aiming a kick in Pettigrew's direction.
"Silencing charm," Remus explained. "You know how he can whine, especially when feeling threatened."
Ron cleared his throat, reminding the adults of his presence.
"So, what's going to happen?" he asked. Lupin glanced at Severus, who sneered in return.
"We go back to Hogwarts," Lupin said, ensuring that Pettigrew couldn't escape. Since there was a silencing spell on the rat, they didn't have to worry about Pettigrew undoing any spells or transforming back into his Animagus form. "But first, I think your leg will need to be strapped before you move."
Ron glared at Black, who was the one responsible for his broken leg. Black stared back, unapologetic. He would do anything to get his revenge. He would even play nice with Severus "Snivellus" Snape.
Severus glanced around at the motley crew. He had Pettigrew tied up in chains, with his magic bound so he couldn't transform back into his rat form. He had Lupin, who he didn't want to be around any students, Weasley included. He had Weasley, who couldn't walk unassisted due to his broken leg. And he had Black, who the dementors would attack as soon as they sensed his presence on school grounds.
The man sighed. Just once he would have liked for things to go his way.
"Lupin, help Weasley," he ordered. The redhead didn't look thrilled to be so close to the werewolf but he swallowed his complaints and accepted the help in getting to his feet. "Black, grab Pettigrew."
"Why should I obey your orders, Snivellus?" Sirius sneered. Severus glared at the man.
"I was going to help prove your innocence, Black," Snape sneered. "Since I dislike Pettigrew even more than I dislike you—something I didn't realize was possible—but if you don't want me to, I will be more than willing to let the dementors get you. In fact, I will even direct them right toward you."
Sirius's sneer grew but he stayed silent when Severus barked out his next orders. The potions master knew that it probably wasn't the best thing to let Black guide Pettigrew down the tunnel as they made their way back to Hogsmeade but he didn't care. The rat had cost him a relationship and a family. Any injuries Pettigrew sustained from Black were well deserved in Snape's opinion.
As they reached the end of the tunnel, Severus was the first out. He froze the Whomping Willow before assisting Lupin in levitating Weasley out of the tunnel. Pettigrew was levitated up next.
"Don't come up," Severus ordered Sirius when the man tried to exit the tunnel.
"You won't be able to stop me," Sirius snapped.
"The dementors will be able to sense you," Severus snapped. He wasn't surprised that Black was unwilling to see sense. "They'll come straight away."
"I won't stay behind to let you take all the credit!" Black growled. Severus huffed in annoyance. It was obvious that Black hadn't changed since their school years but he was unsurprised. The man had always been slightly on the dim side.
"It's your own head," Severus bit out. He didn't want to deal with Black any longer than was needed. "But if you're really masochistic enough to suffer the Dementor's Kiss, be my guest."
"I was always under the impression that you were the masochist," Black growled. Severus did his best to ignore that comment, despite the slight truth behind the statement. He did have masochistic tendencies at times. That much had been clear when he entered his first relationship.
"I can get around the dementors," Black said, before shifting into a large black dog. Severus rolled his dark eyes. Another unregistered Animagi. The Ministry of Magic was slacking. How much havoc had Black caused in that form?
"Stay behind Lupin," Professor Snape ordered. "Black can support Weasley." He still didn't want the werewolf anywhere near students on this night. Lupin had taken the potion but it was always better to be on the safe side.
Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall were waiting at the entrance to the castle for Snape. He gave them a curt nod.
"What's going on, Severus?" Professor McGonagall asked. She glanced at the group. Her eyes widened as they landed on Pettigrew's bound and pathetic form.
"Is that Peter Pettigrew?" she asked. Black gave an affirming yip. Severus shot the dog a sharp look. If Black insisted on tagging along, he should keep a low profile. Which, in Snape's opinion, meant not acting like a human or letting on to the fact that he understood English.
Albus Dumbledore gave the dog a knowing look.
"I will summon the Minister of Magic," he said. "While Minerva will go fetch a vial of Veritaserum from Severus's stores and take Mr. Weasley to the hospital wing and while Severus will take Pettigrew to my office."
Severus nodded and did as requested. Sirius Black trailed him and Pettigrew. Severus sneered at the dog when its tail began to wave. Now wasn't the time to start celebrating.
The closer they got to Dumbledore's office, the more Pettigrew began to struggle. However, without his magic, he was as weak as a second year girl. It was pathetic in both Black and Snape's opinions.
Within an hour, Cornelius Fudge, a squad of Aurors, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and a black dog stood around Peter Pettigrew, who had been unbound enough to speak.
"What are you doing?" Pettigrew demanded. "Why am I tied up? I'm innocent!"
"You're very quick to proclaim your innocence, Peter," Professor McGonagall said. "Especially since we haven't accused you of anything yet."
"But you're going to!" Pettigrew squeaked. "Why else would I be tied up like a criminal?"
"I have a quick way to solve this issue," Severus interjected. He reached over and began rolling up the left sleeve of Pettigrew's robe to reveal the mark of Death Eater. He noticed the Aurors tightened their grips on their wands. At Dumbledore's nod of agreement, the head Auror administered the Veritaserum.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Peter Pettigrew," the rat replied, sweat rolling down his brow.
"Did you fake your death?" The Auror asked.
"Yes," Pettigrew said.
"Why?" Cornelius Fudge demanded. His face was slowly turning purple from rage.
"To hide," Pettigrew said quickly. "From Sirius Black."
Snape sneered. He knew that the rat was doing his best to talk around the truth. That was the problem with open-ended questions such as Fudge's. There were always ways to skirt around an answer.
"Were you the Secret Keeper for James and Lily Potter?" he asked, deciding to take over the interrogation. The head Auror stepped forward but Dumbledore waved him away. Like always, Albus Dumbledore would vouch for Severus Snape.
"Yes," Pettigrew admitted. The Aurors glanced at each other in surprise. They had been unaware of the change in Secret Keepers.
"Did you betray James and Lily Potter to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named that night?" Severus demanded.
"Yes!" Pettigrew wailed. "I gave him their location!"
"Did you kill those muggles and blame their deaths on Sirius Black?" Snape demanded.
"Yes!" Pettigrew whimpered, tugging at his bonds. "It was perfect. Black went to Azkaban for killing those muggles and for betraying Lily and James! The plan went perfectly!"
The black dog growled. A female Auror stepped away from it with a nervous look. Snape glared at the mutt.
"How did you fake your death?" he asked.
"I cut off my finger and transformed," Pettigrew said, shivering in fear as he stared into Snape's black eyes.
"Are you an unregistered Animagus?" Snape asked.
"Yes!" Pettigrew cried. Dumbledore placed a hand on Snape's shoulder, silently signaling for the man to stop. With great reluctance, Severus stepped away.
"The Veritaserum will wear off soon," Snape informed the Aurors. "I would question him quickly."
"We'll take him to the Ministry," the head Auror decided. "Where he'll be questioned properly and be put on trial."
"I'll accompany you," Albus Dumbledore said suddenly. "I've been meaning to visit the Ministry lately and this gives me the perfect opportunity. Cornelius, I suspect you'll be removing the dementors from Hogwarts tonight?"
Put on the spot, Fudge could only nod in agreement, though his face showed that he was reluctant to do so.
For once, Severus was glad of Dumbledore's meddling ways. With the man's presence, Pettigrew would be questioned and Sirius Black would be cleared without question. Pettigrew wouldn't be disposed of accidentally.
The rat was screaming and shaking as he was carted off to the Ministry of Magic by the Aurors. Dumbledore quickly followed after them.
"There is still the matter of Sirius Black," Fudge informed Professor McGonagall. She traded looks with Professor Snape. Then, Professor McGonagall glanced down at the black dog that was lying on the floor.
"He was James' best friend," she said. "I believe, especially with Pettigrew's revelations, that he is innocent. It would be best to declare him innocent and announce that in the papers as soon as possible."
Cornelius Fudge sputtered in outrage and shock.
"But Minerva," he protested. "There's still the matter of how he escaped from Azkaban!" Professor McGonagall gave him a stern look.
"He didn't perform the crimes he was convicted of," she informed the Minister of Magic. "He shouldn't have gone there in the first place. However, I understand that it was wartime and mistakes were made. But, if you should send him back, I think the Daily Prophet would be eager to know that the Minister of Magic placed two innocent people in Azkaban during the past two years. It would call into question your…effectiveness."
Fudge continued to sputter. When he regained some form of control, he stormed out of the office. Professor McGonagall glanced down at the black dog, who had begun to pant happily.
"What are you going to do with him?" she asked Snape, who scowled at the dog.
"Lock him in Lupin's office for the time being," he replied. "I suppose it would be too cruel to put him down. Besides, Lupin likes mutts and he'd appreciate the present. I've heard that rat-catching dogs are hard to find nowadays. "
Sirius gave a warning growl. Professor McGonagall smiled.
"Careful Severus," she said. "Some might start thinking that you care."
Severus scoffed at the notion.
"Hardly," he said, before leaving the office. "I'm going to bed. Have someone else cover my patrols for me."
Minerva McGonagall smiled. Severus tried his best to ignore the black dog trailing after him.
"No," he said as they reached his quarters. "You're not staying with me. Go find somewhere else to sleep."
He shut the door to his personal quarters before Sirius could sneak in. The black dog gave an angry bark before padding down the halls. He would stand guard outside the Slytherin common room then.
The next morning Severus went to breakfast early, wondering what he would find in the Daily Prophet. Dumbledore had fire-called him when he had returned from the Ministry, hours after Severus had fallen asleep. The Potions professor hadn't been thrilled to be woken up and had made his displeasure known through his acidic comments.
Dumbledore had relayed to Severus that the questioning had gone smoothly and that Pettigrew had been transferred to Azkaban as he had left the Ministry. Dumbledore hadn't mentioned if Pettigrew would remain at Azkaban for the rest of his life or if he would be on the receiving end of the Dementor's Kiss. Snape didn't particularly care what happened to the rat. Just as long as he was being punished…
Dumbledore had also informed Severus that Sirius Black had received a full pardon from the Ministry of Magic, along with possible monetary compensation. The mutt was free.
Severus hadn't been overly thrilled at the news of Black being declared innocent. He had worked carefully and determinedly to see that Harry had been placed with the Davises and that everything had been done legally. He didn't want Black interfering with the family he had attempted to give Harry. Sirius Black may have been Harry's godfather—something Snape had only agreed to after hours of arguing—but that didn't mean the man could mess with Severus's hard work.
Harry had woken early that morning in hopes that he could talk to Professor Snape before classes began. Unfortunately the man hadn't been in his office or in his quarters. The dejected boy made his way to breakfast. He had wanted to talk to someone about Pettigrew because with every moment that he waited, the larger the chances were that he could slip away.
The Great Hall was louder than it normally was at breakfast. The students had bunched up in groups, talking loudly. Every single group had a copy of the Daily Prophet.
"What's going on?" Harry asked, approaching his yearmates. Pansy practically shoved the Daily Prophet in his face.
"Read it!" she said. Harry read the headline.
Black Innocent—Pettigrew alive!
His heart thudded painfully against his chest. Harry continued to read.
Late last night, Aurors and the Minister of Magic were called to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Peter Pettigrew—long presumed to have been killed by the notorious Sirius Black—was being held for questioning.
After hours of intensive questioning, Pettigrew admitted to committing the crimes Sirius Black had been accused of. Since the discovery of this information, Black has been cleared of his crimes and the Minister of Magic apologized publicly for the indiscretions early this morning. Pettigrew was transferred to Azkaban, where he awaits the Dementor's Kiss.
Black has yet to be located and asked to comment but one hopes that with these new revelations, he will return to the wizarding public.
To learn how Pettigrew evaded authorities for so long, turn to page 3
To learn about the crimes Black had been accused of, turn to page 5
Harry flipped to page 3. He scanned the article until his eyes landed on the words "Unregistered Animagi". He had thought so.
With the news that Pettigrew had been apprehended easing his mind, Harry returned the Daily Prophet back to Pansy.
"Eventful night for the professors, then," he said. Pansy nodded.
"What do you think of it, Potter?" Draco asked. Harry raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Black is your godfather and Pettigrew betrayed your parents," Draco clarified.
Harry grimaced.
"I'm glad they got the right man finally," he said vaguely. Tracey gave Harry a nervous look.
"You're still coming home with me this summer, aren't you?" she asked. Harry nodded.
"I wouldn't go stay with Black," he assured her. "He may be my godfather but I've never met him. Besides, your parents are amazing."
Tracey blushed at the compliment to her family.
"Good," she said. "Because I'd have to hurt you if you backed out of your plans now."
Harry rolled his eyes and glanced around the Great Hall as he filled his plate. All the professors were present, talking quietly. Professor Snape sat in his normal spot, reading the Daily Prophet with an indiscernible look on his face. Professor Lupin sat on the other end of the table, looking more exhausted than normal. A large black form lay at his feet.
Green eyes narrowed as he tried to figure out what the black shape was. Then they widened as Harry realized it was the black dog he had seen on his various Hogsmeade trips. Had it been Professor Lupin's dog all along?
Sirius stretched out on the cold stone floor as he watched the happenings in the Great Hall. He had picked up from the conversations he could overhear that he had officially been declared innocent and free. Good. Twelve years late but it was better than being back in Azkaban.
Sirius's canine eyes landed on Harry Potter, who was eating his breakfast. He panted happily and began to fidget. He really wanted to talk to the boy but he had promised Dumbledore earlier in the morning that he wouldn't try and contact the boy until exams were finished. In the meantime, he was staying in Lupin's quarters and wandering the school halls in his dog form.
Sirius's eyes traveled to Severus Snape. His lips lifted up and he growled silently at the thought of the man. He knew that he should also talk to the man about contacting Harry, but that didn't mean he wanted to. He wasn't looking forward to that particular conversation but he knew that it had to happen.
Two days later, Snape glared at the large black dog that had entered his office.
"What do you want, Black?" he snapped, grading a paper. It was already filled with angry red ink. When he looked up again, Sirius had changed into his human form.
"To talk about Harry," Sirius said. Severus's quill stilled for a second before resuming its work.
"What about the boy?" he demanded.
"I want to assume guardianship over him," Sirius said. "I'm free now, and his godfather. I can legally do so."
"And like always, you want to do the worst thing possible for the boy," Severus said coolly.
"How would it be a bad thing?" Sirius demanded. Severus sighed and set aside his quill.
"He's been taken away from his first family and house," he said, folding his hands. "He is only just getting used to having the Davis family as his guardians. He doesn't need any more drastic changes in his life. He's only thirteen years old."
"Why was he taken away from the Dursleys?" Sirius asked. "I'm happy that he isn't anywhere near those muggles but why—"
"Why was he there in the first place? Or why was it necessary for him to leave?" Severus asked, anticipating the questions.
"Both," Sirius said with a frown.
"Dumbledore thought it would be beneficial to have the boy living with blood family," Severus said with a frown. "He put wards around the house to protect the boy from the Dark Lord and his followers. The wards were dependent that he stay with those who shared the blood in his veins."
Sirius growled under his breath. Blood wards. He hated such types of magic. They were tricky things to work with and around.
"Then how did the Davis family gain guardianship?" he asked as the thought occurred to him. Severus's black eyes narrowed it.
"I took care of that when Dumbledore had to vacate the school last year for a few weeks," he replied stiffly. "I believe that he is still unaware of the change in guardians for Harry Potter."
"And the blood wards?" Sirius asked sharply. "Don't tell me that he goes back to the Dursleys just for the sake of blood wards."
Severus shook his head.
"I'm insulted that you would believe that I would allow that to happen," he said. "I've taken care of that as well."
"What about in a few years?" Sirius wanted to know. "If I would apply for guardianship then?"
"It would be very foolish of you, but I would expect nothing less," Severus replied. "Even if you applied for guardianship now, Harry could turn seventeen before you were legally declared his guardian. You know how slow the Ministry of Magic is about such matters."
Sirius growled. The Potions professor had a point.
"I still want to be around him," he said petulantly. "He's my godson. It's what James would have wanted."
Severus stiffened at the mention of James Potter. Sirius knew that he had hit a nerve but didn't apologize. He was being civil for the time being but he still didn't like Severus Snape.
"Talk to the Davis family then," Professor Snape replied. "But I would advise you to leave Harry alone until you've cleared it with them."
Sirius scowled at the assumption that he would do otherwise.
"Fine," he said.
Severus gestured for Sirius to leave but Black had one more thing to talk about.
"I want your promise that you won't try and keep Harry away from me if the Davises agree to letting me see him," Sirius said. Severus gave a loud irritated sigh.
"Why do you think I would do something like that?" he asked with a glare. Sirius returned the glare.
"Because I know you," he said simply. "Do I have your promise?"
"As long as you aren't trying to harm the boy, I won't interfere in your relationship," Severus said. "Now get out of my office. You're making it smell like wet dog."
Sirius scowled but left the office. Before he did, he had one last comment.
"Stop calling Harry 'the boy'," he told the dark-haired man. "I know he's your son, so either call him that or just call him Harry."
Severus scowled as Black left his office. Once the man was out of sight, he tossed an empty vial against the wall, frustrated with the whole situation. He had dreamed of becoming a father once but now…This wasn't how he imagined fatherhood turning out to be.
Sneak Peek for Next Time:
"You won't always think that," he informed his son. "Most teenagers enter a phase when they hate their parents."
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text: I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I'm taking Latin right now (second quarter) and I still have 2 more quarters to go, plus I need to take 4 quarters of french so I can have a good chance of getting accepted into grad school. So this situation got me thinking about how much can the human brain possibly remember. I can't imagine being able to remember 8 quarters of foreign language, plus all of the other knowledge I need to succeed in grad school. Is there a certain point where your brain just starts deleting stuff in order to make room for new stuff? I hate taking classes that don't pertain to my major because I feel like the stuff learn in that class is deleting stuff I really need to remember :laugh2:.

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And this is not the only danger signal on the horizon.
The oil price has climbed sharply since the Bank last met raising the threat that higher energy costs will cascade through the economy increasing the risk of inflation. At the same time, retail sales are rising and manufacturing recovery has heightened fears of overheating.
In such circumstances the Monetary Policy Committee may feel it has very little choice but to raise interest rates again when it meets next week.
The latest figures from the Bank show that secured lending climbed by £9.8bn in April, the largest increase since it began keeping the records over a decade ago. There was an easing down in unsecured credit on overdrafts and credit cards which came in at £1.3bn against forecasts of £1.7bn.
But with overall debt levels climbing so fast, British consumers will soon have the dubious distinction of having as much debt on their household books as the total output of the national economy at £10,000bn or £1 trillion (£1,000bn). For those brought up on the notion that borrowing is bad for you, this is a forbidding thought.
It would be wrong to take it in isolation. Much of that borrowing is secured against housing so in fact, the asset side of the national equation far outstrips the debts.
Nevertheless, this will not stop much wailing and beating of hearts when debt, currently at £985bn, soars through the sound barrier.
What ought to be more worrying is the question mark over the ability of the public to service these stratospheric levels of borrowing.
We are often reassured that the high levels of debt do not matter because they only represent 7.1% of after-tax income, which is less than half the 1990 peak of 15%.
But Capital Economics points out that if capital repayments are factored in, the ratio to income rises to 12.7%. Add on top of this unsecured lending in the shape of overdrafts, and the number becomes a 'disturbing' 19%. This, it notes, is close to the 1990 peak of 19% when the housing market crashed and more than 1m people were left with negative equity.
Were interest rates to rise to 5.25% by year end, as the markets expect, then the income ratio would rise to a chunky 24.5%, well past previous peaks. The risks that an bloated housing market will hit the buffers look more likely with every passing day.
Phony war
THE phony war over the future of Marks & Spencer should end today when Philip Green unsheathes the bid he hastily had to own up to a week ago.
The leak has not been helpful to his cause. He lost the element of surprise, allowing M&S to construct a defence in the shape of Stuart Rose.
The rise in M&S shares on the market may also be costly. A week ago the take out price was seen at 375p, now 400p at least is thought necessary to tempt investors into selling.
A company as important to British retailing as M&S should not be driven into the hands of predators on the basis of the short term. What is important is the company's long term future.
Unfortunately, there has been precious little attention to this by the pre-Rose board.
The way in which it dumped executives, as if there were no tomorrow, each time it produced adverse sales figures does not feel like a long-term strategy.
Nor did the decision by Luc Vandevelde to sell off the overseas interests (at the time they were in profit) to buy the company some time.
It will be hard for Rose to portray himself as the heart and soul of the real M&S, because he is not.
He is just another corporate dealmaker (with an M&S background) thrown in to defend the status quo, as he tells us today 'with his life'.
With Green as his adversary, he will need all the body armour he can muster.
GSK threat
UNTIL now, GlaxoSmithKline has escaped relatively unscathed from the controversy over the alleged side effects on young people of its anti-depressant drug Seroxat, sold as Paxil in the US.
Now it faces a challenge on a more serious scale.
New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer, the scourge of Wall Street, claims that secret studies were suppressed.
Britain's own Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) conducted its own inquiries last year.
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The Promotion
As usual, Sheila had been too busy in calculating her bonus, without realizing that her BOSS had spoken to her.
" Uh, Mr. Warner, I am so sorry I was not able to catch what you said", Sheila fumbled, going red in the cheeks, feeling highly embarrassed.
"Well yes, I was speaking to you but it seems that your lost in your own little dream world."
"Umm...I am sorry about that, Mr. Warner!!! I was just thinking about the presentation and the ad campaign." Sheila replied, with a slight smile slowly creasing her face.
"Hmmm", said the Walrus, " It indeed went well and somehow, I knew I had made the right choice by entrusting you with the campaign. But now that we have got the campaign, it doesn't mean that you are off the hook for good. It means that you need to work consistently as you have in the past and keep up the good work."
Sheila was flabbergasted. Had she heard right? Had the Walrus, yup, THE WALRUS, congratulated her, right now? Were her ears playing a trick on her or what? This day was surely full of surprises. First, her reaching late to office, then, Mark turning up in her office uninvited, and now her Boss, congratulating her for the first time in her long tenure with the company. Well definitely this day was going to amount to something.
"Thanks a lot, Mr. Warner," she replied, " I really appreciate what ever you just said and I assure you, I will not let you down in any way."
"Yes, of that I am sure myself." he replied,
"Oh, by the way, before you leave," he said, just as Sheila turned to walk out of the cabin, " You are the Vice President from now on!!! So Congratulations and let this day prove to be a day of double celebration for you. "
She turned towards him and he winked at her. Today was indeed some extraordinary day.
" I had prepared for this day since so long but now I am completely speechless," she thought to herself, " But, heck, she had finally gotten what she was striving to achieve since 2 years." Her work had finally paid off and it was gonna be a day of celebration. She made a mental note to call Susan and tell her the good news.
But, in her happiness, she had forgotten all about her promise to Mark. He was in a problem and he had turned to her for help. Was it so easy to approach the person you were dating at one point of time and especially, when that person was your fiancée? Guess, Mark had no qualms about approaching her, but she was not so sure of her feelings now. She just hoped that she did not go back the same route which she had walked once.


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THE official launching of the lecture series on "Kesusasteraan Bandingan XVII, 2014" commenced yesterday at the Balai Sarmayuda, Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) in Berakas.
The guest of honour, Dyg Hjh Nortijah binti Hj Mohd Hassan, Acting Director of DBP praised the achievements of the Majlis Sastera Asia Tenggara (MASTERA) in their efforts to foster closer relations, the meaning and the collaboration of literature that has brought a measure of success in the development of Malay literature in the region.
She also hoped that the attendees and participants in these series of lectures will take an active role to know the functions and products of MASTERA.
Furthermore, she added, these participants can take invaluable steps to analyse, evaluate and do research by using the discipline of comparison or critique on the works of literature garnered from the efforts of MASTERA, either from documentation or publication.
In the style of literary works, every writer has their own individual style and way of thinking that can raise the level of identity of a local literary work, she said. This work should be evaluated further with comparison to other works in the region, she urged.
She explained that the products of MASTERA are made available at the library for easy access of reference for the participants, and it is hoped that they can work hard and be active in writing as DBP can bring recognition to their efforts.
Dyg Hjh Nortijah revealed that the appreciation of MASTERA poetry will be held by the end of this year.
This will include a programme on the works of MASTERA, Lecture Series on "Kesusasteraan Bandingan", an international seminar on Southeast Asian Literature (Sakat), translation projects and publications of MASTERA and other activities and products from MASTERA.
Amongst the projects that will be brought forward are the Literati/Writers of MASTERA Forum, Local Planning on Theoretical Literature, Malay Philosophy in Traditional Literary Works and a Literature Workshop on Media, she added.
The lecture series will be divided into three sessions, followed by the closing ceremony.
A panel of experts from MASTERA also sits at the discussion table.
The first lecture was on "Rancangan Penubuhan: Sejarah Awal MASTERA, the second will be on "MASTERA dan Ruang Lingkup Kegiatan", whilst the third lecture will be on "MASTERA dan Impaknya Terhadap Pembinaan Komuniti Sastera Secara Lintas/Rentas Budaya".
The participants of this programme included the recipients of the SEA Write Award, lecturers, teachers, government officers and staff, graduates, writers, literary enthusiasts and students.
The lecture series "Kesusasteraan Bandingan XVII, 2014" was conducted in five MASTERA member countries, which commenced on November 10 in Indonesia, November 13 in Malaysia, November 15 in Singapore, November 19 in Thailand and now in Brunei Darussalam.
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The run includes events like the Junkyard Jump, a stampede through a scrapyard; a trudge through waist-high water and over logs called the Deadweight Drifter; the Leader's Ledge, where participants have to walk along a ledge and avoid falling into a water pit below; the Mud Mound, where warriors must slog through slippery mud; and try not to get poked at Muddy Mayhem, a belly slide beneath barbed wires before the finish line. In all, there are 12 challenges throughout the race, each uniquely qualified to make you want to pack up and go home.
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The Department of Education and Professional Studies is primarily concerned that its graduates have a clear understanding of Scripture and are prepared to communicate truth, creatively and effectively, to individuals of all ages. The arts and sciences are integrated into the curriculum so that graduates, who have meditated upon God's Word, are able to respond to the needs of the world in culturally relevant and meaningful ways. This guiding purpose of the Department of Education and Professional Studies is further clarified below as goals associated with three areas of student growth—spiritual, intellectual, and professional—are outlined.
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Being without hope is truly sad. I have LOTS of hope!<quoted text>
\And, I accept that without fear and without making up elaborate myths to shield myself from that reality.
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#778 Jun 14, 2013
You're so out of touch with reality, I feel like calling you an ambulance.
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#779 Jun 14, 2013
If my posts bother you so much why do you read them? God making you?
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#780 Jun 15, 2013
This is a atheism forum and you are a creationist spamming us telling us we're going to hell.
When we DONT BELIEVE IN HELL OR GOD.
What is wrong with you? Were you thrown / dropped as a kid or something?
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#781 Jun 15, 2013
You're reading posts that you don't like and you ask what's wrong with me? Don't you know that 'atheist' implies God?
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#782 Jun 15, 2013
Please keep posting your garbage.
The more you post, the more I can mark as spam, and the sooner you will be outta here!!
tell us more about hell dollarbills, I need to mark more of your ignorant creationist spam.
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#783 Jun 15, 2013
Atheism does not imply god.
Just as bald does not imply a hair colour.
Just as transparent, does not imply blue.
Just as bible does not imply divine.
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#784 Jun 15, 2013
How is it spam when I am replying to you? Your posts would also be spam.
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#785 Jun 15, 2013
Sure it does. How can you talk about what doesn't exist? Atheism is TOTALLY FAITH.
"Formerly "Richard""
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In the beginning e=mc^2
#786 Jun 15, 2013
All hale Ra:-
"his mother,' from whom spring the delights of love. I have made the heavens, I have stretched out the two horizons like a curtain, and I have placed the soul of the gods within them. I am he who, if he openeth his eyes, doth make the light, and, if he closeth them, darkness cometh into being. At his command the Nile riseth, and the gods know not his name."
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#787 Jun 15, 2013
Oh go harvest a "roid, your god is running low on bloody anal tissues.
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#788 Jun 15, 2013
Or you can tell that story again how you as a child built a soup kitchen and fed the poor even better than Jesus.
"Citizen_Patriot_ Voter_Atheist!"
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#789 Jun 15, 2013
Wait till you meet Rah!
Above both the heavens and the earth, he rules all.
Without him, there would be no life, there would be no man to construct personal gods whom he could use as tools, against his fellow man*.
*the stupid ones anyway
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#790 Jun 15, 2013
You should learn more about your god, first of all I have none of the attributes which would interest him, I have no pretty penis or testicles, and he does make damned sure that only the really pretty ones are invited to his parties.
Also I have no hemorrhoids for you or your god to harvest, so you are just shit out of luck there, in coming up with a way to scare me. Next, I am not Jewish, I am not male, and I am not virgin, so that leaves only rape.
Let's see now, one of your god's punishments for a man is to have his wife thrown out in the streets and have her raped by the neighbor, and I can't be punished that way, for according to your religion, rape is not punishment for a woman. I guess somebody is just going to have to stone me to death, are you volunteering?
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#791 Jun 15, 2013
For mankind, the only eternal fire is the sun. Rah, is the god of my peoples, I have no fear.
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#792 Jun 15, 2013
Let's see how much you were like me, ok? I was Pentecostal, Deep East Texas Evangelical, dancing in he spirit, rolling in the aisles, and speaking in tongues Pentecostal. My life's work was to be, to take my gods word to the far reaches of the earth, my own life to be set aside to spread the good news. I would bring the world, salvation and hope with my god's words.
So to that end, I knew that to spread his word, I would have to know his words, and with the King James version of the Holy Bible, I began to read and study. Very quickly, I came upon parts which confused me, and after pondering and praying on it for some time, I knew that I was to read the bible exactly as it was written, for my god wanted me to know, exactly what he had intended by those words.
After reading the entire thing once, I had to read it again.
In it I found a bitter little hate filled, misogynistic and jealous god. His jealousy was for the goods and the property of other men. This god was shallow, a braggart, a fool, he was un-knowing, he was un-fair, and he was so small that he was defeated by the iron chariot. The buybull contradictions and outright lies, showed me that holy book was no holy book. It was at best a slave manual, a tool to be used against some men, and against all women.
Still it was years before I could let go of the indoctrination that had held me for so long. I kept looking for that one verse that would restore my shattered faith. The Abrahamic god-myth has spawned three very similar, and at the same time very different religions. All three would open a child's body to an erect male penis, all three would punish a woman for her husbands sins, and all three held a female in no more esteem than they did, the family cattle.
It also taught me, that he who was made by a perfect being, and was made in it's image, was not only not perfect, but was to be punished forever for the imperfections of others.
So that is enough for now, and since you think that are so much like me, you do now understand that a god who collects foreskins and hemorrhoids, and who is bested by the simple iron chariot, is not god enough for the likes of a woman like me. I never lost my love of my fellow man, I never lost hope, I never lost my sense of responsibility to the future of the human race.
My life has been full and happy, my work very satisfying, my family pure treasure, and my world alive and filled with promise. I am so human, that any death can bring tears to my eyes. Human suffering is an affront to dignity and a constant cause for me to rail against. I am still a missionary, but I will not infect humanity any further with the despicable god of Abraham.
So to re-hash this, you actually have no inkling of what it is like to be me, in this incredibly beautiful and fulfilling life which I have led, without any interference from a god. LOL!
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The officials who conduct meetings in Carbon County have no qualms about saying a prayer before reciting the pledge of allegiance prior to each public session.
"We like to pray," Commissioner William O'Gurek said following a recent board of commissioners meeting at the courthouse annex in Jim Thorpe. "Every time there is a tragedy the whole world stops and prays."
"We believe it is important," Commissioner Tom Gerhard added. "I believe in prayer and we'll continue to do it."
"I believe it is important before every meeting and it will continue," board Chairman Wayne Nothstein said.
Borough council meetings in Weatherly and Tamaqua also often open with prayer.
The U.S. Supreme Court said recently that it will hear a new case regarding religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.
According to The Associated Press, the justices said they would review an appeals court ruling that the upstate New York town of Greece, a suburb of Rochester, violated the Constitution by opening nearly every meeting over an 11-year span with prayers that stressed Christianity.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the town should have made a greater effort to invite people from other faiths to open its monthly board meetings.
The town responded by saying the high court already has upheld prayers at the start of legislative meetings and that private citizens offered invocations of their own choosing. The town said in court papers that the opening prayers should be found to be constitutional "so long as the government does not act with improper motive in selecting prayer-givers."
Two town residents who are not Christian complained that they felt marginalized by the steady stream of Christian prayers and challenged the practice. They are represented by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Reacting to the Supreme Court's decision to hear a new case, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director, said, "A town council meeting isn't a church service and it shouldn't seem like one."
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More unwelcome creationist propoganda spam from Lincoln, the defeated creationist with no proof of god.
Another John in the making...
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OC cards performance review: EVGA GTX 260-216 SSC vs. Gainward HD 4870 GS
You are interested in an overclocked Radeon HD 4870 or Geforce GTX 260-216? PCGH does the test with the latest WHQL drivers and checks which card is best in what game and what the driver is responsible for.
OC cards reviewed: Introduction
Ex factory overclocked graphics card have always been popular. After all you as the customer get more performance without losing the warranty and you don't have to find stable frequencies yourself. Many users think this to be more important than losing the warranty to get the very last bit of power out of a card.
Therefore we decided to take a closer look at a E-VGA OC card, the Geforce GTX 260-216 SSC, and a Gainward device, the HD 4870 Golden Sample with 1,024 MiByte. As you have noticed probably, we aren't the only ones who came up with this idea. For some days all around the world articles have been published that feature the Geforce cad mentioned above. The reason for this is a concentrated Nvidia campaign: The combination of overclocked Evga card and the new Geforce 180.47 driver - which had been available to the press only - was supposed to give AMD's Radeon cards the creeps. For our review we use the officially WHQL certified drivers Geforce 180.48 and Catalyst 8.11.
To keep the equality of opportunities secured, we don't only check Gainward's Radeon HD 4870 Golden Sample against the noticeably more expensive Evga Geforce GTX 260-216 SSC, but also test the default designs which are close together in matter of prices.
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* Detroit's municipal pension fund made payments for decades to retirees, active workers and others above and beyond normal benefits, costing the struggling city billions of dollars and helping push it into bankruptcy, according to people who have reviewed the payments. ()
* A group of Stanford researchers has moved a step closer to answering the question of what happens when silicon, the standard material in today's microelectronic circuits, reaches its fundamental limits for use in increasingly small transistors. In a paper in the journal Nature on Wednesday, the researchers reported that they had successfully built a working computer - albeit an extremely simple one - entirely from transistors fashioned from carbon nanotubes. ()
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LIVERPOOL Football Club have made an offer to Itaian club Inter Milan in a bid to land the services of 20 year old attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho.
According to the Guardian, Rodgers is keen to add the Brazilian, who has one senior cap, to the ranks at Anfield after becoming increasingly frustrated with the Tom Ince saga.
Liverpool are believed to have made an initial offer of £8m to Internazionale, an offer which the Milanese club have reportedly turned down.
Coutinho came to prominence at Vasco de Gama and was signed by Inter at just 16, however he stayed at Vasco on-loan and only came to Italy in 2010. Coutinho has grown impatient with his lack of first team opportunities at Inter, having made just 27 appearances in his two seasons at the club.
Coutinho spent the second half of last season on-loan at Espanyol in Spain. His loan spell proved successful, as the youngster bagged five goals in sixteen appearances for the La Liga strugglers.
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text: Rod Scribner 3,459pages on this wiki Add New Page Edit History Talk0 Share This page's info was obtained from {{{1}}}. Roderick H. "Rod" Scribner (b. October 10th, 1910-d. December 21st, 1976) was an American animator best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. His animation was one of the wildest things ever seen onscreen during The Golden Age Of Animation. He started as an animator for Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton in 1938. In 1940, he joined Tex Avery's unit, and worked with Robert McKimson, Charles McKimson, and Virgil Ross. In late 1941, after Tex left for MGM, he was replaced as the unit director by Bob Clampett. Scribner turned out to be arguably Clampett's best animator. Clampett classics such as A Tale of Two Kitties (1942), Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943), Falling Hare (1943), and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) showcase some of his greatest work: his trademark "Lichty style" of animation. Clampett left Warner Bros. in 1945 to pursue a career in puppetry and television. Not much is known about where Scribner was between 1946-1949 (although he does some animation on two McKimson cartoons starring Porky and Daffy in 1947). In 1950, Scribner returned to Warner Bros. under Robert McKimson's unit. His animation was tamed down to McKimson's standards, but he still got away with wild scenes, like in Hillbilly Hare (1950), Hoppy Go Lucky (1952) and Of Rice and Hen (1953). He left Warners in 1954 and worked at UPA. In his later years, Scribner worked with former colleague Bill Melendez on various Charlie Brown movies and television specials, eventually starting a studio called Playhouse Pictures, which produced commercicals for over 45 years. Gallery Scribner with Robert McKimson.Scribner with Manny Gould. c. 1945Add a photo to this gallery Retrieved from "http://looneytunes.wikia.com/wiki/Rod_Scribner?oldid=131992" Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you've made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Categories: Plagiarized Pages Real People Deceased Looney Tunes Animators Animators 1910 births 1976 Deaths


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"Lionsgate top brass announced on Tuesday that the latest episode in the action series will premiere in the UK on August 4.
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren return to the fray with cast regulars Jet Li, Randy Couture and Terry Crews.
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The Expendables 3 will open in the UK through Lionsgate UK on August 14. It arrives in the US on August 15 and opens across most of the world on the same weekend.
Patrick Hughes of Red Hill fame directs the story of the mercenary do-gooders who encounter the group's co-founder and arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks – played by Gibson – who returns from the dead with a score to settle.
Creighton Rothenberger co-wrote the screenplay with Katrin Benedikt and Stallone. Producers are Avi Lerner, Kevin King-Templeton, Danny Lerner and Les Weldon.
Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson serve as executive producers while Lionsgate's Jason Constantine and Eda Kowan oversaw production.
The first two instalments of The Expendables have grossed nearly $600m worldwide."
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Sylvester Stallone will portray hitman Gregory Scarpa — also known as "The Grim Reaper" — with Brad Furman on board to direct "Scarpa" for Millennium Films.
The project will re-team Stallone with "Rocky" producer Irwin Winkler with a screenplay by "Goodfellas" and "Casino" writer Nicholas Pileggi. Avi Lerner, who teamed with Stallone on "The Expendables" movies, will also produce.
Scarpa was a career criminal and an enforcer for the Colombo family. The project will focus on his work as an informant for the FBI and helping solve the "Mississippi Burning" case by allegedly pistol-whipping and kidnapping a member of the Ku Klux Klan in 1964.
Scarpa pleaded guilty in 1993 to three murders and died of complications from AIDS in prison in 1994.
Furman directed "The Lincoln Lawyer" and "Runner Runner."
Stallone will be seen next in "The Expendables 3″ and Millennium's action-thriller "Reach Me."
Collider reports that they have been informed from sources Expendables 3 was originally rated R, and had to make cuts to make it into a PG13 after it failed to receive it the first time the film was submitted to the MPAA. This is good news for us, as they'll most likely have an unrated DVD featuring the footage that was cut.
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The Glomar Response is the term for the phrase "I can neither confirm nor deny…" that has become so popular nowadays. Though, the full response actually goes like this:
"We can neither confirm nor deny the existence or the nonexistence of the information you requested. And if such hypothetical information did exist, such information would be classified."
It is actually a very important bit of legalese that was first written in 1974 in a response to a request for information about a secret CIA project known as Project Azorian. The short version of the story is this:
Back in the late 1960's, a Soviet nuclear submarine sank for unknown reasons and the U.S.S.R. could not locate it. However, the U.S. government desperately wanted to recover it because it would contain a wealth of useful information, including Soviet military codes and nuclear warheads. The U.S. located the sub three miles underwater and they wanted to recover it. But they didn't want the Soviets to know they had recovered it. So, as a cover, they contacted wealthy nutjob Howard Hughes and asked him to put together a phony expedition to mine rare minerals from the seafloor. A company named Global Marine manufactured a phone "mining vessel" to recover the sub. It was called the Glomar Explorer. Unfortunately, the expedition failed to recover most of the submarine.
In 1974, the press got wind of the expedition somehow and requested information about it. The CIA was in a difficult position. They did not want to admit how much information they had or had not gleaned because they wanted to keep the Soviet's nervous (it WAS the Cold War). But they also did not want to lie. See, at the time, the Watergate Scandal had rocked the government and Congress was examining all government agencies. So it was important to keep your nose clean.
Ultimately, a CIA lawyer penned the response to the reporters: "we can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of the information you have requested, but if such hypothetical information did exist, it would be classified." It effectively gave no answer without lying. And the response was ultimately upheld by the court system. It was acknowledged that occasionally governments DO have to keep secrets and sometimes even acknowledging the existence or nonexistence of something is very telling.
It's kind of like when the GM rolls the dice behind the screen.
Incidentally, if you want to hear the whole wild story of the Glomar Response (it's really great), check out WYNC's Radio Lab Podcast: Neither Confirm Nor Deny. And then listen to more Radio Lab. It's a great show.