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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- A rich vein of gold and silver discovered in 1859 at Virginia City in western Nevada. Because of wasteful mining techniques, it was largely abandoned by 1898.
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Examples
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And the New York Times isn't the only prominent American voice to raise the spectre of Reykjavik-on-Thames today.
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With the pound at a multidecade low and British banks requiring ever-larger injections of taxpayer cash, it is no wonder that observers have started to refer to London as 'Reykjavik-on-Thames.'
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Well, not quite, but the Reykjavik-on-Thames scenario - while still very unlikely - is becoming vivid enough to cause alarm.
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But the alternative explanation -- that sterling is a victim of "Hedge Fund Britain," with London cast as "Reykjavik-on-Thames" -- doesn't really work either.
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London taking this Reykjavik-on-Thames thing a bit too far
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"You need to make sure that the U.K. is Reykjavik-on-Thames before you bet against the pound." ....
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"The Next Iceland", Britain's economic malaise has gotten so bad that people are starting to refer to London as "Reykjavik-on-Thames."
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London won itself a new and unenviable nickname: Reykjavik-on-Thames.
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How likely is a sterling crisis, or is London really Reykjavik-on-Thames?
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FT. com | Willem Buiter's Maverecon | How likely is a sterling crisis, or is London really Reykjavik-on-Thames?
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