Word: glimmering
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There is little in Africa to make one happy: AIDS, civil wars, corrupt democracies, military governments and stagnant economies. Recently, though, there has been the glimmer of a renaissance, as the world has begun to focus more closely on the problems there. When I saw that TIME had celebrated the world's most powerful civil servant, Annan, an African, I felt hopeful. I am very, very proud to be an African. ASHER LULUFA VONGTAU Kaduna, Nigeria...
...older than Eminem - Afrika Bambaata was already a turntable legend when Slim Shady was just a glimmer in his dysfunctional family's eyes. In its time, hip-hop's gone from Hollis to Hollywood to the halls of museums. Now it's time to wade through the enormous creative output of the last two decades to separate the wheat from the chaff, the hits from the misses, the heroes from the (MC) Hammers. Is Rakim the microphone god before whom we all must bow down? Is KRS-One still number one? Was Vanilla Ice an unappreciated genius...
...economic summit convenes this week in Okinawa, AIDS will be a major item on the agenda. And while the African crisis may worsen, it's at least possible that last week's consciousness-raising meeting in Durban could mark a change in attitude--and perhaps even a tiny glimmer of hope...
...Dave, Andre and their friends have graduated. A senior now, I look at my first-year self in his Kenneth Cole boots and think: I was so young, younger than I ever realized. The afternoon light in the Eliot House courtyard seems to glimmer from the other end of the world...
...shouldn't you empty the vault and buy? You might be too early. Bank stocks will suffer until the first glimmer that the Fed plans to stop raising rates. That's when you'll want to load up. For me, part of the fun of investing is spotting great values in the making and getting ready to pounce at the right moment. Now is the time to do homework. When the bank stocks come back, they'll come back fast...