Word: apartness
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...gate concourses are connected by a train system that is fast and convenient--except when it's not working (which lately has not been very often and usually for only short periods). Unlike the terminals at Atlanta's Hartsfield, which has a similar layout, Denver's are so far apart--to give the planes more space to taxi--that passengers cannot walk between terminals even if they want to. This means that in the event of a major breakdown (like the seven-hour interruption in 1998 on what is now referred to as Black Sunday), passengers can be stranded...
...sleep-deprived crews sail these wind-powered funny cars across the sea at 40 knots (about 45 m.p.h.), swerving wildly around icebergs, battling e-mail viruses and pushing the boats to their limits--the vast sails are so powerful that they're constantly on the verge of tearing themselves apart...
...chairman in its first year, is also in effect running NEPAD from its South African base. "While Mbeki holds the reins, the West is ready to do business," said a Western diplomat in Durban. "When Gaddafi puts his oar in, it tends to look the other way." Apart from the Gaddafi factor, the African Union will have to figure out what to do with rogue members. "African leaders will be judged on how they deal with hard cases, not soft ones," says Tony Leon, leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance. One hard case has already surfaced: autocratic Zimbabwe...
...monetary policy of the European Central Bank, while suitable for Ireland, is completely inappropriate for Germany." Milton Friedman, U.S. economist, predicting that the euro zone will fall apart...
When the Ottoman empire of the mid-19th century started coming apart at the seams, Russia's Czar Nicholas I memorably dubbed it the "sick man" of Europe. Last week, the empire's successor, Turkey, reeled in political chaos as its own sick man, Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit - who suffers from a host of ailments linked to a chronic neurological disease - stubbornly clung to power. With Ecevit's three-party coalition teetering on the brink of collapse, his Democratic Left Party (D.S.P.) essentially split in two and parliament in recess, Ecevit, 77, defied a growing chorus of demands...