Word: partiality
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...black crows, slugs, spiders and a gun that shoots floating hearts as bullets. The video is surreal fun for a bit. And then it keeps going. And going. It’s too long a song to be paired with a concept only effective in fits and starts; the partial animation of Common’s “Go!” video communicated similar ambiguities without the overwrought confusion. Although the song will undoubtedly hit these shores hard, it’s tough to imagine the video being a similar sensation. There are only so many times...
...only because of burnout. "People are tired," says a former White House official. "Everyone is pooped at this point." But the changes by themselves are not a panacea. The sources of Bush's woes - mostly fueled by Iraq but also including high oil prices and stymied policies like the partial privatization of Social Security - aren't likely to change until the policies themselves either change or yield better results. The staff turnovers that lead to new policies tend to work best. Those that just change names don't. In the case of Reagan, the arrival of Washington fixer Kenneth Duberstein...
...most basic level, “Kingdom” is only a partial success. The writing is at times clumsy, and almost every character seems cut out of cardboard (something especially evident when a burly Scotland Yard cop hilariously bullies Barker with the prospect of preventing him from teaching his “precious physical training classes” and when the criminal mastermind maniacally blathers like the worst sort of Bond villain). Still, Thomas maintains a brisk pace, and the read is quick and often...
...105th floor. Wow. Any injuries? Just hold on one second, sir. Hold on ... Don't worry, God is there." 911 OPERATOR, answering an emergency call from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, in a partial recording--the people inside the WTC cannot be heard--released last week...
...reform. For staff at its Melbourne headquarters, Orica pays $A14,000 a year to a nearby child-care center for priority access to seven full-time places on a waiting list that can otherwise stretch two years. With 600 employees in that office alone, it's only a partial solution, admits human resources manager David McKinnon, but keeping employees with young children happy makes good business sense: "The benefit we get back is probably tenfold." Despite the scheme's success, though, it's unlikely Orica will extend it to other offices or provide on-site care, says McKinnon: "There...