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...North Korea apparently figured it could obtain nukes another way: using the slower but more easily hidden method of enriching uranium to weapons grade in gas centrifuges--the same method some now accuse Saddam Hussein of pursuing. To accomplish that, the reclusive North Koreans needed to buy know-how and equipment abroad, including high-strength aluminum for the whirling centrifuges. By late July, the CIA had picked up enough tip-offs to conclude that Pyongyang was procuring banned supplies. By late summer, a Bush aide says, "things fell in place, and we could...
...surprising, though, that a singer who is used to performing lead roles in four-hour operas would have such problems, especially for a standard work like Winterreise, which he obviously knows inside-out and has even recorded in the past. The tempi tended to be on the slower side, but none of the songs dragged. Pianist Maciej Pukulski was effective in keeping the organic structure of the cycle from ever losing its momentum. He complimented van Dam with his clear, yet dark tone, which especially came through in the famous “Der Lindenbaum?...
...Black and White “A” boat, beginning 23rd, maintained a pace 12 seconds slower than that of eventual victors U.S. rowing. The crew finished 48 seconds behind for eleventh place...
...it’s a spare, simple odyssey, made to seem even slower thanks to Anderson’s continued love of lengthy takes and time-killing, character-building prattle. It never stops dead, but it feels long even for its 90-minute running time...
Webmail is inherently slower than programs like Pine and Eudora because it is more resource-intensive for the mail servers, Davis said...