Word: rote
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...original Mormon pioneers came to Utah under duress--their founder, Joseph Smith, was murdered in Illinois in 1844, and his followers fled westward to escape persecution. Modern-day non-Mormon settlers will come only because they want to, and the state's leaders know that. So, as if by rote, they recite the advantages of living in Utah: low crime, great mountains, those five national parks, a tech-savvy population with the nation's highest per capita ownership of computers, and 45-min. access to world-class ski resorts from the center of Salt Lake. Yet the image of Paradise...
...original Mormon pioneers came to Utah under duress-their founder, Joseph Smith, was murdered in Illinois in 1844, and his followers fled westward to escape persecution. Modern-day non-Mormon settlers will come only because they want to, and the state's leaders know that. So, as if by rote, they recite the advantages of living in Utah: low crime, great mountains, those five national parks, a tech-savvy population with the nation's highest per capita ownership of computers, and 45-min. access to world-class ski resorts from the center of Salt Lake. Yet the image of Paradise...
...knew Tuesday that rate cuts alone aren?t going to turn this thing around - not on Wall Street if investors? heads are elsewhere, not in the economy if nobody wants to borrow more money even if it?s free. But with Wall Street and the economy both expecting another rote 50-point cut - this one to bring the fed funds rate down to 2.5 percent for the first time in 40 years - he also knew Tuesday that he couldn?t stop...
...small crowd under the canopy, straining to find that memorable tone, his voice modulating through tenor registers as he praises the community for pulling together. He has done a hundred of these stump speeches, dedicating elementary schools, christening buildings, opening military bases. What he is saying is by now rote, the usual praise for Taiwan and the spirit of its people. The people seem to be listening, but they sit on their hands. Then it starts raining, and Chen's words are lost in the patter of drops on the canopy roof...
...straining to find that memorable tone?his voice modulating, his thick southern accent wandering through tenor registers as he praises the community for pulling together. He has done a hundred of these stump speeches?dedicating elementary schools, christening buildings, opening military bases. What he is saying is by now rote, the usual praise for Taiwan and the spirit of its people. But what he seems to be trying to get across is: come with me, come with me to this new Taiwan, this better place, we will have to find it together...