Word: lingerer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...clean up the mess - investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed used and unused ballots at a Kinshasa election center and attempting to reconstitute the results by checking polling station reports, for instance. But unless they take better control of the count, which still has weeks to run, suspicions will linger that many of Congo's voters were robbed. "We're not saying we've seen widespread fraud. We have seen some but not anything systematic," says Stewart. "But because of all the ambiguities we're not in a position to say that it hasn't happened either...
...Brussels?and its Quartier Dansaert?that's ? la mode. At 74 Rue Antoine Dansaert is Stijl?the shop that began the revolution, tel: (32-2) 512 0313. Until 10 years ago, cheap rents and the store's not-so-cheap Flemish clothes were probably the only reason to linger in this neglected part of town that stretches from the Bourse down to the canal district. Today Stijl has made room on its racks for the froufrou frocks and Art Nouveau fabrics of Brussels designers Sofie D'Hoore and Cathy Pill, while the shops next door have been transformed into...
...Overstretched Referees Re "Officially Wrong" [July 3], about the World Cup referees making bad calls: A single referee must linger near the center of the field and watch all the action from a distance. Since most penalties occur near the goals, it is understandable that refs make such bad calls. And with television cameras capturing every angle of play, we spectators know instantly that a referee has blown it. Despite the advances in ball technology that have made the game faster, there has been no increase in the number of referees. I agree with retired ref Gilles Veissi...
...democracy of more than 1 billion people, many profiting from a reformed economy, India is turning itself into a primary player in the global marketplace. Readers welcomed the rise of a free society, although not without a few misgivings about the lingering effects of the caste system and corruption It was with great pride that I read the cover stories about the boom time in India [July 3], a country in which the ancient and the modern coexist. On a recent visit to India, I observed that downtown Bombay appears to have stood still in time, while changes are more...
...Brussels - and its Quartier Dansaert - that's à la mode. At 74 Rue Antoine Dansaert is Stijl - the shop that began the revolution, tel: (32-2) 512 0313. Until 10 years ago, cheap rents and the store's not-so-cheap Flemish clothes were probably the only reason to linger in this neglected part of town that stretches from the Bourse down to the canal district. Today Stijl has made room on its racks for the froufrou frocks and Art Nouveau fabrics of Brussels designers Sofie D'Hoore and Cathy Pill, while the shops next door have been transformed into...