Word: briskness
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...Sheikh, he's cautiously optimistic. Business is brisk. And he takes heart from Gedi's background as a promoter of the private sector. But he's also decided to limit his time in Mogadishu to two or three years. His experiences, he says, have given him a brand new plan: "Law school...
...gone, many in Mogadishu feared an immediate return to the rule of the warlords - not least because the several of them are ministers in the Transitional Government. Growing anxiety may be measured by the sound of weapons being test-fired at the arms market inside Bakara - a sign of brisk commerce, say old Mogadishu hands - but so far, the peace has held...
...brisk early morning in November, but things soon heated...
...minute before sunrise on a frigid morning last Friday, 70 brave—or foolish—souls channelled their inner Alaskan and plunged into the Charles River at the Alaska Klub’s third annual Polar Bear Swim. The air temperature was 19 degrees Fahrenheit, although the brisk Northwest wind and flurries of snow made it feel more like four, but that didn’t stop devoted Klub members and their friends from shedding their clothing—some with bathing suits beneath, some with nothing at all. “I’m very excited...
...danger if they have a chance to take out Nasrallah, whom they view as a particularly clever and dangerous enemy. The damage that Lebanon and the Middle East will face if another war breaks out could make the destruction caused by Hizballah and Israel last summer look like a brisk whirlwind by comparison...