Word: perfection
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thought if you could have areas where there was long-term substantial unemployment, then that raised some questions about the functioning of markets." In essence, Summers saw in unemployment a chance to explore how markets don't work - and to think about policies that could correct for the failures. Perfect training...
...yourself, because the bodies will soon becoming thick and fast…”The centerpiece of “The Skating Rink,” Bolaño’s first novel, is an idiosyncratic narrative structure and style that the novelist would expand upon and perfect in “The Savage Detectives.” Each narrative point of view takes the tone of a one-sided interview, or a stream-of-consciousness deposition. The men in question fill their winding explanation of the events during that summer in Z leading up to the murder...
...full list of the many symbols Arriaga employs would indicate the work of a ham-handed artiste and a precocious directorial newcomer. But his recurring images are more reminders for the attentive viewer than the tools of the director’s agenda. Admittedly, the direction is not perfect. The story only begins to cohere around the 40-minute mark, helped along by the introduction of Jennifer Lawrence as Mariana, a teen whose mother’s affair forces her to grow up too fast. Lawrence has already received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for emerging actors at the Venice Film...
...more polished harmonies, precise rhythms, and bright, crisp organ.The album’s centerpiece comes, fittingly, at song 6 of 12 tracks. “If It’s True” begins with a bass line immediately echoed by soaring strings. Sonically, it’s a perfect, retro pop gem—a lost Four Tops hit coated in pre-fab shimmer and organ flourishes. Though certain cutesy lyrics seem quite in keeping with Motown simplicity (“Let’s make jam when life gives us a peach”) the song...
...developing a sustainability index that will one day show consumers at a glance how green its products are. (The initiative will be run by a consortium, coordinated by academics and supported in part by companies such as Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and General Mills.) But Walmart is far from perfect. While the company has made great strides on the environmental front, it still has a ways to go on the labor front, especially in ensuring fair treatment for the people in developing countries who work for its vendors...