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...piano in St. George's concert hall in Bristol, England, on May 12, Derek Paravicini tears through a rehearsal of The Flight of the Bumblebee, his fingers skittering across the piano keys. The musicians in the Emerald Ensemble orchestra feed off his energy and manage to keep up the pace, but it all sounds a bit off. After several stops and starts, the conductor discovers the problem: the orchestra and the star have been practicing different versions of the same piece...
...insists it won't happen. "Alcopops are like boy bands: here today, gone tomorrow," he says. "But cider has existed for hundreds of years - we've simply added an enhancement." What's more, says Pratt, "Magners has been carefully positioned by us as anything but fashionable." Perhaps, but the pace of Magners' U.K. growth did slow slightly over the winter. C&C is confident demand will pick up again with the warmer weather, and it expects Magners' share of the total U.K. beer and cider market to more than double to 4% over the next three to four years...
...five years has successfully expanded China's reach around the world, building a good image of China's peaceful rise. But Hu's remarkable economic achievement also encourages the Chinese people to accelerate political reform. I believe he will consistently promote democracy throughout China's political system, although the pace will be slower than the growth of the economy. His wisdom and confidence in handling internal and external affairs are assets that will help him achieve more than expected...
...sort of works at a pace that is not conducive to things that need rapid results. It has to consider all its member nations, and it has to go through a bureaucratic process. China is definitely impacting what is happening in Sudan given its relationship vis-à-vis the oil. But I believe the U.N. is trying to make moves...
Crowded and inefficient, U.S. airports will require a $14 billion annual infusion just to keep pace with basic needs...