Word: paces
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...return to the rap game should come as no surprise: his retirement was one of the most half-assed in retirement history. He continued to record hits with Beyoncé and an ill-conceived EP with Linkin Park at a distinctly un-retired pace. But unlike many other stars that have come back only to efface their own legacies with sub-par performances (Why, Jordan, why?), Jigga still shines on his “comeback” album...
...unique is that it’s much more relaxed than any of Jay-Z’s previous albums. It lacks the ferocity that he showed in previous standout tracks like “Threats” or “Renegade.” But the slower pace has enabled him to more fully display his masterful lyrical technique, making each intricate rhyme scheme and well-placed allusion perfectly audible...
...world with what is, in many respects, a prehistoric brain. We may think we've grown accustomed to living in a predator-free environment in which most of the dangers of the wild have been driven away or fenced off, but our central nervous system--evolving at a glacial pace--hasn't got the message...
...Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. Neither team could take control of the game in the first half, and the score was tied at 45 at 10:06 in the second frame. Then the Stags found their rhythm on offense, and the visiting Crimson never found its own pace on the road. Fairfield went on a 17-4 run over the next five minutes, icing the game with a bucket that gave the host team a 62-49 lead. Stags guard Sabra Wrice led the charge in the second half, netting 13 points in the latter frame. Wrice finished...
...told, he directed 14 films in the 70s; no American worked at that pace, or at his level. The decade ended with Altman's second largest box-office grosser, Popeye, after which Hollywood and its most persistent renegade tired of each other's company for a time. Other directors might go into retirement or hiding. Altman moved to the side streets, to the movie equivalent of off-Broadway, to fashion his next career: as the formidable director of stage plays on film and videotape (10 of them, from 1982 to 1988). In 1992 he stormed back from exile with...