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Iran declared one of the country's largest private banks bankrupt with its assets absorbed by the state, official media reported Saturday, in a rare move in the country grappling with international sanctions.

“Back in the time of the czars, or Stalin, Russia’s great strength was that it was so big that it could always just absorb invading armies,” said retired Lt.

They measured everything that could be measured—his heart, his lung capacity, how he absorbed oxygen.

Wealthy Americans, whose finances are buoyed by a rocket-fueled stock market, absorb the sting and keep spending.

But higher prices mean that she has to pay more up front, and convince her clients to absorb the steeper costs.