Word: lifelessly
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...tranquil Cedar River. Last June, the river swamped 10 square miles of Iowa's second largest city (metro-area pop. 255,000). There are signs of life in the downtown business district, with factories and shops reopened. But whole swaths of neighborhoods along the river remain eerily lifeless, with one abandoned, waterlogged shell of a house after another, some spray-painted with warnings and pleas: "We want a buyout," "This is still my house. Stay out," "Don't forget...
Bernanke looks at the economic world from 30,000 feet. That has intellectual value and may even contribute to proper administration of the stimulation necessary to improve the financial system. The disadvantage of seeing the system that way is the world is lifeless when contemplated at such a great distance. It is impossible to see a person out of work from six miles away. Bernanke's academic background allows him to understand that inventories are low and home prices are affordable. He sees a small movement of the needle of the economy and says it is a trend...
...from her ambulance stretcher was one of the only glimmers of good news, as the magnitude of the loss of life and property destruction was tallied in and around the city of L'Aquila in the region of Abruzzo, near the epicenter of the 6.3-magnitude quake. Indeed, the lifeless bodies of four other students were pulled from the rubble in the hours after Marta was rescued. The tiny town of Onna, just six miles outside of L'Aquila, was the hardest hit: 40 of its some 300 residents were killed. Across the region an estimated 1,000 people were...
...have figured out; in a kind of epiphany, Kanye decides that he’s all of these things, plus a painter— all too literally, a Renaissance man. “Knock You Down” begins and ends with Keri Hilson’s seemingly lifeless body falling slowly through the air, but neither this bizarre sight nor later shenanigans by Ne-Yo is any match for the Kanye Show. His act opens with him rapping about Louis Vuitton and Reebok, telling us to “keep rocking and keep knocking” and talking about...
...Fez—Being Born,” recover from this, while others aren’t as fortunate. One such track, “Moment of Surrender,” is much too slow and labored to occupy its seven minute length; the drums sound overly monotonous and lifeless, and there’s an unnecessary, unbelievably boring guitar solo in the closing minutes. Bono yelps in an admirable attempt at soulfulness, but it sounds forced and disingenuous.The grinding intro of “Get On Your Boots” is catchy, but gives way to awkwardly tossed...