Word: relentlessly
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This is, quite frankly, a profoundly horrible song. It opens with a wacky kazoolike guitar effect. That's the best part. But after one listen, the melody spins in your head like a relentless hamster wheel. Commissioned for the Shrek 2 sound track, it was designed to be the kind of sticky thing young children and their grandparents could enjoy together. That may shed some light on the line about strawberry ice cream, but it does not explain why a once respectable band consented to sing a song so sugary it would send the Archies into shock. This is catchier...
...Kong's famously blunt radio call-in shows got less lively last week, when commentator Allen Lee hung up his headphones, saying he was getting too much pressure from friends for him to stay on the air. Lee was the third commentator in 16 days to quit, following a relentless campaign by Beijing to let Hong Kongers know that calls for more democracy in the territory aren't wise and won't be heeded. Lee also resigned his position in the National People's Congress, China's legislature, the first Hong Kong delegate to do so. The political climate, said...
...siege to the city a month ago appears to be a series of brief skirmishes and sporadic gunfights. But it doesn't look that way to anyone who spent time on the ground with the Marines of Easy Company. The Marines are at war with a well-organized and relentless enemy. A cease-fire was theoretically in effect last week as Marine commanders and local leaders attempted to reach a deal that would forestall a potentially bloody assault on the city. The insurgents routinely broke the truce, lobbing mortars and rockets at the Marines' positions from every direction...
...Mart of the tech world. But Michael Dell, 39, is having the last laugh. What started as a $1,000 investment, and was launched in his dorm room at the University of Texas, is today the world's No. 1 computer maker in market share, thanks to a relentless focus on selling direct to the consumer. First came desktops and notebooks, then servers and storage, and now printers and flat-screen TVs. The company racked up $41 billion in sales last year and wants to boost that to $80 billion. "That's only 10% of the $800 billion market...
Ebadi believes there is nothing incompatible about Islam and democracy. "We can witness the promotion of human rights even under the Islamic Republic," she says. That message has brought murmurs of dismay from young Iranians who demand a radical break with religious rule. Yet Ebadi's relentless fight for justice has inspired hope throughout Iran and well beyond. --By Scott MacLeod