Word: beset
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Walking tours, which snake through nearly every borough and neighborhood, have long been popular in England. But with Britain's rail system beset with problems and grueling traffic tie-ups almost the norm, their appeal has grown. More of a leisurely stroll than a hike, the walks usually run two hours, and at a price of 5[Pounds](about $7.50), and 3.5[Pounds] for seniors and students, they are a great bargain in this pricey country. And they are catching on beyond England. Similar excursions are thriving in Paris, Rome, Prague, New York City and San Francisco...
...world beset by economic slowdown and turbulence, political fragility and growing social challenges, no tool is likely to have greater success in regalvanizing growth and prosperity than a successful FTAA negotiation. Despite their differences, the countries of the Americas have never been more firmly committed to promoting such a deal, or to helping smaller, poorer nations cope with the consequences. Many of the widely publicized differences over the FTAA are more tactical than strategic. And many elements that seem to be obstacles to a deal, like the absence of U.S. congressional fast-track approval for trade negotiations...
...descend upon Quebec City to vent their spleen at capitalism, globalization and the evils of free trade and to demonstrate their conviction that the FTAA will make things worse instead of better. A minority have vowed to shut down the meeting, in a replay of the chaos that beset the 1999 gathering of the World Trade Organization in Seattle - a threat apparently serious enough to persuade the Canadian summit organizers to turn the meeting site into a 10-sq-km redoubt...
...Romesh Ratnesar, edited by James Geary, designed by Paul Lussier - who also crafted our new look - and reported by Elinor Shields and our European bureaus. The story describes how members of this age group are increasingly crossing borders to work and play, and erasing the divisions that have beset Europe for centuries...
Saddled with the workmanlike vocals that have seemingly beset all solo guitarists since Keith Richards, Frusciante's singing is the album's largest revelation. At last comfortable with the sound of his own voice, To Record bears no traces of the occasional frightened yodeling that marred his earlier recordings. Not concerned with commercial prettiness, Frusciante immerses himself completely, and the result is some of the most emotional and expressive rock singing in recent memory (witness the alternation between howl and wavering falsetto on "In Rime"). He's helped by his lyrics, which are evocative and thankfully never too random. Largely...