Word: quiets
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Obasanjo is backing Umaru Yar'Adua, a quiet, prudent former chemistry teacher, for the presidency, after a falling-out last year with his former ally Vice President Atiku Abubakar. When Abubakar announced he was running for President, he was barred from standing by the electoral commission, which cited his indictment for corruption. Abubakar has challenged the ban in the Supreme Court and continued to campaign as a candidate. But the leading challenger to the PDP is now Muhammadu Buhari, a retired general who organized a coup against President Shehu Shagari in 1983 and lost the 2003 election to Obasanjo...
...Baghdad itself was largely quiet for much of the day as 24-hour ban on vehicles brought a pause in the daily drumming of car bombs around the city. But by mid afternoon the sounds of violence in central Baghdad were back. Two huge explosions shook the central portion of the city, and the wail of sirens came soon after. If the short-lived truce is effectively dead, many more such sounds of violence are likely to fill the few quiet quarters of Baghdad in the days and weeks ahead...
...John McCain and Sam Brownback, have disappeared down the campaign trail. McCain had previously united with Kennedy to form a central Senate bloc for a compromise, while Brownback played a key role representing the compassionate right. Mel Martinez, a key Hispanic Republican voice in the debate, has also gone quiet since taking over the Republican National Committee...
...Hammerstein, Mary Poppins, and David Bowie simultaneously. The point is, we’ve seen this before in a music video, and can’t help but compare it to something like Björk’s “It’s Oh So Quiet.” Thus, a primer: How To Make Music Videos Into Musicals. Let’s go point-by-point. Wolf’s video begins with an illuminated sign reading “The Magic Position,” evoking all the subtlety of a cabaret. When Bj?...
...sheer speed is the tunnel lights outside: Standing 40 feet apart, they seem to stretch and blend until they appear as a single white stripe; very Buck Rogers. Outside the train makes a searing boom sound as it rips the surrounding air, but inside the car is as quiet as an airplane cabin, if a bit bumpy. Even before you've grown accustomed to the speed, the ride is over, the maglev gliding to a gentle halt, ending on its wheels...