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...background, coupled with a lack of emotion, flattens the piece. And though the vocals rise high in tone at some points, the volume remains fairly equalized. Such lack of emphasis on any one part kills the piece’s potential arch; without this growth and dénouement, we learn nothing. This cycle of promise and disappointment, however, is broken when the sugarcoated elements collide with the newfound thematic darkness. Simple, major key guitar chords create upbeat melodies—but when paired with the chill of lyrics like “uncross my arms to disarm...
...Fleiss seems to be basking in the buzz of the past week ("It's the first time in a long time that people have something to talk about other than the stock market"). He also believes the emotional outcry that has accompanied the show's dénouement points to a passion that a new wave of reality-TV contestants is inspiring. At one time, he says, it was next to impossible to recruit plausible contestants, or even hosts, for reality-TV projects. But as the genre has become increasingly mainstream, producers have been able to find people...
...image: cantankerous, irrelevant, and naively ignorant of practical consequences. But Soldier Ralph continues to fight on, like a houseguest who has overstayed his welcome by a decade or two. Maybe he’ll come to his senses and finally bring an end to the unfortunate dénouement of an otherwise distinguished career in public service...
...social order are characters who reside in shacks on the building's rooftop; Taha is the earnest son of the building's doorman, and Busayna is a beautiful shopgirl, whose dream of marrying him is gradually crushed by his bleak financial prospects. In the novel's heartbreaking dénouement, Taha dies in a gun battle with police. He had become a radical Islamist, lured into a terrorist group after his hope of becoming a policeman himself was dashed because of his low social standing and lack of political connections...
...these developments are representative of a credit cycle in which leverage has been ratcheted up to perilous excess. The dénouement of a credit cycle need not end disastrously for investors or the global economy. Even today, we can still point to various economic positives - buoyant global growth, low inflation and enormous investment flows from Asia and the Middle East. But comfort from these forces may be short-lived if credit problems worsen and housing prices keep falling...