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...materials has been Brobdingnagian. The country consumed 40% of the world's cement, 31% of the world's coal and 27% of its steel last year, helping drive up prices for many commodities, such as metals, by 50%. But prices have been falling for several weeks, to the delight of many. Jeffrey Sheu, spokesman for Taiwan-based bicycle maker Giant Manufacturing, applauds China's efforts to rein in the economy, because rising materials costs have eroded profit margins. Not only that, Giant, which operates three factories on the mainland and sells to Chinese consumers, hopes that tougher lending rules will...
Seconds later a Marine shouts from an observation post on the roof: "Incoming!" Mortars again. Bailey points his laser toward another set of buildings. One bomb misses the target, but a second strike sends bits of the building flying high into the sky, to the delight of watching Marines. Captain Weston has another target in mind. Bailey shrugs. "It's the [commanding officer]'s call," he says. "We've got to rebuild this f______ country sooner or later. We don't want to blow up too much...
...necessary to itemize every receipt, including those for coffee from a year ago, in an alphabetized filing system), discussing the social ramifications of “Newlyweds” with roommates in a highly animated and engaged way for hours on end (is Jessica Simpson just playing dumb?), taking delight in Brain Break as the unabashed highlight of an otherwise frustrating night staring at a blank screen and a blinking cursor (who knew PB&J on stale white bread could taste so good, or sustain interest for so long...
...They meander in, stay five minutes or 20, then meander out again, perhaps because they do not wish to seem foolish or infatuated enough to stick around for the best part of an afternoon. There are no gasps from the crowd as he rearranges his arms, no ripples of delight as a flickering smile drifts across his face. We sit before him in respectful, half-blushing silence. "They said it was like Michelangelo, and I think it is," says Anna Carin Hollstrum, a 51-year-old administrator from Sweden. She and her husband have lingered only a few minutes before...
After some encouragement from Kerr, teammates and the children there, Tornaritis began to show off his juggling skills to the delight of everyone. Grabbing the tiny size-two ball, Tornaritis displayed a number of the tricks he has up his sleeve, from the “Around the World” to the “Rainbow.” With every new move, the kids all smiled and a number got up to try out their own moves with the ball...