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Unfortunately, this is hardly enough to sustain a play, which has to be why almost every line of dialogue is repeated three or four times, why the actors take three-second pauses two or three times in every sentence and why there are frequent minute-long intervals devoted to a character’s getting dressed or lighting lanterns. A line like “the water had a soft lilac glow” takes about thirty seconds for the actors to deliver...
...keeping its doors open 24 hours, Tommy’s Value hopes to attract more students who need a midnight snack to sustain them through long nights of studying...
...Despite the beliefs of some local officials that they are better served by attracting retail and business activity, in fact it is difficult to sustain permanent urban businesses vitality without a growing base of workers and consumers nearby,” he said. “Every new rooftop represents disposable income from a household...
Musharraf has failed to sustain his promise to crack down on extremist groups that in the past fed fighters to the Kashmir cause, carried out sectarian killings and attacked Westerners. In January 2002, at the insistence of the U.S., Musharraf banned five such groups. Yet the government has allowed them to resurface under new names. Abdul Rauf Azhar, formerly of Jaish-e-Muhammad, says, "We are still doing our work...
...couldn’t imagine my mom going to games,” said Westfall. “But fifteen years from now, when our generation becomes parents? Maybe it will sustain a bit better...