Word: roughness
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...smallest of the country's Big Four banks, in a bidding war that highlights the degree to which government reform and revived economic vibrancy have unleashed a fresh wave of market competition in this traditionally moribund industry. Many observers say the tussle may even be a harbinger of a rough-and-tumble style of capitalism that could spread across Japan's rebounding economy...
...explains FitzGerald. The acting analogy is apt, since the music provides much of Heidi's inner voice. You can hear it in Heidi's Theme, where a delicate xylophone arpeggio rises above the earthier glockenspiel, perhaps symbolizing Worthington's character Joe. But it's not all so harmonious. For Rough Sex, Decoder Ring provide a jarring guitar riff to accompany one of Heidi's teenage tumbles. It lasts barely three minutes. Elsewhere in Somersault, the frisson between image and sound is pure cinema. "Cate's a real lover of music and we're real lovers of film," FitzGerald says...
...rough and tumble of Australia's impending federal election campaign may seem like a picnic to Labor Party leader Mark Latham compared to the acute pancreatitis that flattened him in Sydney last week. Centered in the stomach and seeming to bore through to the spine, the pain of the ailment is "among the most severe . . . it can be overwhelming," says Ross Smith, associate professor of surgery at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital. Lying down worsens the agony; only doubling over offers any relief until painkillers take effect...
...DJEMBE: Rough-edged Djembe, tel: (223) 223 7698, may have been around longer than Le Hogon, if the '70s-style d?cor is anything to go by. Nonetheless, it's a reliable venue for pop groups as well as traditional ensembles...
...techno with the kora (traditional harp). The club's best performers include Toumani Diabate, considered the world's greatest kora player, and the 22-piece Symmetric Orchestra, whose complex, swirling melodies are produced by the balaphon (a West African xylophone), djembe, kora and guitars. tel: (223) 223 0760 DJEMBE: Rough-edged Djembe may have been around longer than Le Hogon, if the '70s-style decor is anything to go by. Nonetheless, it's a reliable venue for pop groups as well as traditional ensembles...