Word: briskness
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...search engine, Windows Live, is a distant third to Google and Yahoo, in both ad revenue and users. They've lost out to Google on key strategic deals to buy both YouTube and online ad company DoubleClick. And while sales of the new operating system, Windows Vista, have been brisk, reviews have been decidedly mixed...
...VeriChip, the outlook remains hopeful. Silverman says his company is bracing for the negative press by gathering up studies that prove the safety of its product. Even though the public hasn't yet warmed to RFID tagging, Silverman says that sales are brisk and expects this year to double the 1.7 million chips sold...
...into noisy climaxes and slipping suddenly into murky, bass-dominated string arrangements. Spirited castanets set off the piece’s Iberian influences, and a patient bassoon solo broke through the enthusiastic cacophony of metrical shifts and rhythmic switches. The piece dashed hurriedly to its climactic ending, setting a brisk pace for the remainder of the evening...
...first movement was quick and clear, highlighting Ravel’s jazzier inclinations and showcasing the orchestra’s collective virtuosity as it navigated extreme contrasts in volume and abrupt changes in melodic quality. The second movement’s lilting waltz kept a surprisingly brisk pace, making Thibaudet’s rare indulgent suspensions all the more effective. He maintained a steady sense of rhythm into the frenzied third movement, his lightning-fast technique never faltering as he continued to accelerate...
...Forbidden City. The limousines bear the 22 members of the party's Political Bureau, or Politburo. In legend, Communist Party meetings are endless, but since 2002, when Hu Jintao became General Secretary of the party (he became President of China the next year), Politburo sessions have been quite brisk. Typically, they are over by lunchtime, and then two top academics are ushered in to brief the assembled leaders on trends in energy supply, patterns of urbanization or intellectual-property rights. The discussion can last until the evening, when Hu sums things up, though he reportedly rarely expresses his own opinion...