Word: paced
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...spreading like wildfire[an error occurred while processing this directive] through the creative professions, based on a highly entertaining premise: invite a group of leading designers to talk about their current work, using only 20 slides, with each slide on screen for just 20 seconds. Top names, the quickfire pace and, it must be said, plenty of alcohol make Pecha Kucha events a must for anyone interested in their local style scene. "You've really got to be there to get the atmosphere," says co-founder Mark Dytham, who describes the intimacy of these gatherings as "like the Internet...
...soldiers through. The city was beginning to come to life. One Iraqi soldier at a guard post looked at them and waved. King "believed in error that Blue was his assigned route," wrote the Army in its report. "A navigational error caused by the combined effects of the operational pace, acute fatigue, isolation and the harsh environmental conditions." In the cabs of the trucks, the soldiers knew only that someone had messed...
...Language of God is enlightening but not always convincing. Collins writes at a pace better suited to statements of position than to sustained argument, and he sometimes falls back on familiar polemics by pros like Lewis. His insights on the nature of a God-science overlap, while fresh, are celebratory rather than investigative, budgeting relatively little space to wrestle with instances when the conjunction of the two can induce the philosophical bends (such as faith's understanding of God's place outside human time). (See pictures of spiritual healing around the world...
...world of quick changes and reversals, India continues to grow and prosper, setting its own pace, as your thought-provoking story clearly showed. The Indian system of democracy is seeking its own road to equality and social justice, which will make it different from Western and American models. Indians are saving more, eating better and enjoying a higher standard of living than ever before. Yet India has its contradictions. It is important to remember that many people still live in extreme poverty. Vinod C. Dixit Ahmadabad, India...
...rates could promote "useless, excessive investment," and Fukui has vowed to raise rates "without delay" should investment become rampant. Those fears may be coming to pass. Last week's much-watched Tankan business-sentiment survey indicated that Japan's largest companies plan to increase investment at the quickest pace in 16 years. "The Tankan survey showed the economic climate is slightly overheated," says Takeo Okuhara, a bond strategist at Daiwa Institute of Research. "The current financial policy is so accommodative, it's better to pull back soon...