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...Annan continues in his quiet voice, decorated with a lively British accent. "I witnessed a scene in my father's office once which shocked me a bit. He was looking over a set of accounts. He had a question or something, so he called one of the junior managers, and of course the fellow came rushing right in. But the fellow was smoking. And he put the cigarette--still lit--into his pants pocket because my father didn't smoke and didn't approve of people who did. And he stood there as he talked to my father, with...
...thing of the past, where the world's rich would be, yes, dignified enough to worry about the millions of Africans who will die of AIDS in the next two decades. This is the kind of world Annan imagines. It is the sort of world his very presence--serene, quiet, intent--suggests...
...half a dozen times to photograph the Gore campaign in action--and then disappeared. "When you want to be a fly on the wall, you don't want to wear out your welcome," she says. To capture the candidate at rest, away from the podiums and microphones, Walker uses quiet cameras and no lights. Then she sits and waits for moments of truth...
...place was quiet inside, but the drive-through was bustling, and service was a tad slow. I busied myself preparing my Coke and was impressed by the expansive diameter of the straws - excellent for quenching a powerful thirst like the one had I built up in a hectic, bleary morning. After five or 10 minutes, my number, 99, was called. I was supplied generously with all the ketchup I needed for my fries, and took my red plastic tray over to an out-of-the-way-table...
...place was quiet inside, but the drive-through was bustling, and service was a tad slow. I busied myself preparing my Coke and was impressed by the expansive diameter of the straws - excellent for quenching a powerful thirst like the one had I built up in a hectic, bleary morning. After five or 10 minutes, my number, 99, was called. I was supplied generously with all the ketchup I needed for my fries, and took my red plastic tray over to an out-of-the-way-table...