Word: measuredness
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The estimates for how long it will take to dig it all out are measured in months: one, three, more. The first few weeks alone could cost $200 million. "What makes this so labor intensive is that you can't cut through the debris with heavy equipment," says Bruce Baughman...
The tragedy that struck the U.S. Sept. 11, 2001, touches everyone [SPECIAL ISSUE]. Not only is it incomprehensible, but the aftereffects on lives around the world cannot be summed up or measured. Anger and fear run deep--sorrow even deeper. But ours is a nation of diverse and tolerant people...
Part of the cultural resistance to hip-hop has to do with the music's do-it-yourself style. Musicianship in Cuba is traditionally measured purely by formal skill. Even the players working the lounges of Havana hotels are stunningly accomplished. Older Cubans, accustomed to salsa, have difficulty accepting rap...
What does one say after seeing a Boeing 767 slam into the side of 110-story building? What measured, impersonal language does one use to express the emotion one feels when a place where 50,000 people used to go to work every day collapses in a pile of rubble...
But that reaction will be measured in hours or days; what of weeks, of quarters, of years? If the minute-to-minute orchestration of Tuesday?s attacks - down to the staggering of explosions that let news crews set up for the money shot - was impressive, the macroeconomic timing of America...