Word: flashings
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Still, it is hard to know when a flash-fire protest in a prairie will turn into something more. Surely it didn't happen when Martin Sheen called (which was on Day 5). Nor did it when the police donned riot gear, as they did on Day 7, when the President's motorcade came within 100 feet of Sheehan's ramshackle encampment. (Riot gear is casual fashion for police at protests these days, after all.) Attendance figures--about 100 by midweek--did not break any records either...
...that, to many observers, seemed implausible. Chinese energy companies have been scouring the globe for resources under the government's "go out" policy. One source close to CNOOC's top management believes the government "tolerated" the bid. But once it became clear that CNOOC's ambitions had become a flash point in an already tense relationship with the U.S., whatever enthusiasm there was began to wane. In mid-July, Beijing's Xinhua news agency opined that, in the future, perhaps it would be best if Chinese companies did "friendly" mergers with foreign companies. Later the Chinese media docilely parroted...
...sidewalk painters, musicians, and booksellers would entertain me as I reached the legendary Prado Museum. There, I would immerse myself in Spain’s history and culture through its renowned art collection. Without hurry or pressure, I would casually spend the day losing myself in paintings, snapping flash-less pictures, and buying overpriced relics at the gift shop. I would leave for last one painting—the painting I had studied in so many different classes because of its broad significance, the painting known for its artistic innovation as well as its social conscience, the painting that would...
...move exposed a rare flash of dissent from University’s seven-member governing body, which appeared to stand by Summers this spring amid harsh criticism from professors...
...really works. HP also boasts some other internal technologies. One is SmartFocus, which sharpens up duller images; another is Adaptive Lighting. A hallmark of HP's imaging products, this mainly lightens faces that have been darkened by light flooding in from behind. Some people call that a "fill flash...