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...It’s a really quiet place and really great for homework,” said sixth-grader Angus Cusak about the portal, before his sister grabbed the microphone from him and proceeded to talk at rapid speed. The mentor behind them struggled to stifle her giggles...
...Kivu [a province of Congo] is tense. So is Ituri [another province in the country], and we have the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group that originated in northern Uganda] in the northeast. We are doing short-term reinforcements, but we simply do not have an effective rapid-reaction force...
...whatever you want to call her) takes a page from Rihanna’s playbook, with repetitive “Ehs” and “Ohs” appearing on most tracks on the disc. Although the beats possess B’s signature style, the rapid vocals have a rap-like flow—a cross between T.I. and the old Destiny’s Child feminist shout-outs. The album is two-faced. One disc fulfills most expectations, while the other offers something old in a condensed format. By separating the album onto two discs, Beyonc?...
...utilizes sound, lighting, and the actor’s dialogue to convey the fast-paced action of a newsroom. Despite the show’s dramatic scenes of internal struggle and frantic reporting, “The Front Page” is also a comedy. Characters fire off jokes rapidly, phones ring incessantly, and multiple characters talk over one another simultaneously. One might initially be confused and overwhelmed by the speed at which “The Front Page” progresses. Though the characters’ rapid and overlapping dialogue makes it difficult to fully comprehend their articulations...
...Tall Order The economic problems quickly became a political challenge for President Lee. A former CEO of Hyundai's construction company, Lee triumphed in the country's 2007 election on a platform of reform aimed at returning South Korea to rapid growth. Not only did the economic crisis make his campaign promises sound hollow, the President and his policy team came under heavy criticism for reacting too slowly to stem the turmoil. "The problem has become deeper than necessary," says Charles Chang, managing partner of Seoul-based boutique investment-banking firm Accolade. "It is the failure of the government." Chang...