Word: impressively
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...Palestinian Authority had in recent weeks won a temporary agreement from Hamas and other radical groups, in the interests of Palestinian unity, to concentrate their attacks in the West Bank and Gaza, rather than sending bombers into Israel. But such agreements are unlikely to impress the Israelis and Americans, and they're unlikely to be more than temporary. Hamas is well aware that it will be the first casualty of any cease-fire - the fact that Arafat secured his own release by handing over to American and British jailers six men wanted by Israel has not been lost on Palestinian...
Dressing To Impress...
Even if you don’t have Nintendo blisters, the latest Final Fantasy installment cannot fail to impress you. Final Fantasy 10 is the first one for Playstation 2, and the animation astounds. Walking on water set afire by sunset, a barefooted summoner performs the rites of an imagined planet, freeing the souls of the dead in nimbuses of colored light. Soldiers wading knee-high into battle are obliterated by a radial shockwave, leaving dashes of black dust on the ignited air. (Animation can be dark: to Japanese artists, this is a news flash from Planet Obvious.) The landscapes...
...What free-market Republicans believe deep down - that 401(k)s started as an IRS-induced way for companies to lure talent and impress employees, and should stay that way and out of the government's bailiwick - is getting obscured by a political drive to make voters feel safe from the vagaries of the market. But what Democrats believe deep down - that government should itself make sure those employees' retirements are safe from the vagaries of the market - can't ever really happen. And so the mad piling of laws on top of laws - and loopholes on top of loopholes...
...this attempt at being funny more often than not fails to impress...