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...Schacht, while he looks for a turnaround-minded CEO to replace him, says the company will go slower when it comes to front-loading its books. He's also warned investors to expect the next few earnings periods to be on the glum side, declaring 2001 a rebuilding year...
Although both teams combined for 19 fouls in the first half, the second half would be even slower as Columbia began fouling early and often in route to racking up 17 team fouls in the half and fouling out three players...
...worried about a recession. But new home sales are rising, mortgage rates are falling, and record rates of mortgage refinancing promise to keep pockets filled. Even as consumer confidence plummets, consumer spending has been holding steady, and there apparently wasn't much perceived downside to moving just a little slower than the lead bears this time around...
...Einstein showed nearly a century ago that light always travels at one speed--670 million m.p.h.--but his Special Theory of Relativity had an often overlooked qualifier: this blistering pace applies only in a vacuum. When it passes through air, say, or glass or water, light goes a bit slower...
...frustration. Zhang tells the crew to let the blinds swing. "Action." The blinds sway and raise. Seconds slide by on the monitor ... 23, 24, 25 ... but Zhang doesn't call a halt. Finally, everyone understands what the fuss is all about. The scene on the monitor is vintage Zhang, slower than an embrace, more urgent than a call. When he cries "cut!" the crew responds with gasps, sighs and smiles, a collective glow of postcreative consummation. "Let's get a drink," cracks a weary Doyle...