Word: paces
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...literally. Some scenes that loyally adhere to actual events detract from the overall spirit of the movie. Though most of the film’s questions are answered two-thirds of the way through, it continues to roll with an impatience for finality and a self-conscious pace that the audience feels. Eastwood, however, does know how to milk a climactic scene for all its worth. One scene in particular is tense to the point where it is almost unbearable to watch—and therefore all the more impossible to ignore. In a time where the public...
...notion that the planet is on the brink of catastrophe from this amorphous force is a hard sell in New Zealand, where water is abundant and lush pastoral land rolls on forever. Clark wants New Zealand, which produces 0.4% of the world's carbon emissions, to set the pace on emissions cuts, just as it was the first country to grant women the vote (1893) and the first Western-allied nation to legislate itself into nuclear-free status (1987). "New Zealand has got to be part of solving serious problems," Clark said on Oct. 14, "not just sitting...
...country rose 1.4% from their level a year ago, which is the first annual increase in that measure since November 2005. In some areas of the country, where prices have fallen dramatically, like Fort Myers, Fla., and Sacramento, Calif., sales are up much more than that. But nationwide, the pace of purchases are still 25% below where they were three years ago. And the number of homes on the market waiting to be sold, 4.3 million, is still up 1.3 million from three years...
...China policy can do to significantly bolster Taiwan's economy in the face of the global financial crisis. The economy is highly dependent on exports, especially of electronics, to the U.S. and elsewhere. Taiwan's export orders grew only 2.8% in September from a year earlier, the slowest pace since 2002. The consumer confidence index in October dropped to the lowest level since monthly surveys were first conducted...
...rate is at 8.8%, the highest in the country and well above the national average of 6.1%, according to the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. But Rhode Island's situation is hardly unique as the effects of the nation's economic downturn gather pace amid the ongoing financial turmoil. Twenty-one states have unemployment rates above the national average, with Michigan and Minnesota showing rates near Rhode Island's to make up the top three. Unemployment figures are certain to rise when the bureau releases its next set of figures on Nov. 7. Some...