Word: usual
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Either I was very convincing, or the firm was desperate. A few days later, I drove out to Waltham for a final round of interviews—late again. I did my usual, trying to convince another set of potential employers that cubicle-dwelling, soul-sucking investment banking is truly my lifelong dream...
Inside Bogotá's imposing Palace of Justice last Wednesday morning, more than 500 people were going about their business as usual. Suddenly, the quiet in the capital's Bolívar Plaza was shattered by bursts of gunfire as some two dozen guerrillas streamed into the building from an underground garage. Armed with pistols and machine guns, the invaders quickly took over the five-story building, shooting their way to the fourth floor judicial offices, where they took more than a dozen Supreme Court judges hostage. M-19, Colombia's best-known terror group, had struck again...
...uncertainties swirling around world trade put a damper on the Asian economists' usual optimism. Their forecasts for major Pacific nations...
...crowd was a tour de force that is sure to have made more than one audience member wonder if The Noelles could change their name to Red Bull Something after the show (The band is actually named after a girl.) Although this relatively new band did not have its usual drummer on hand, (he is currently attending high school in D.C.), The Noelles seemed perfectly at ease while on stage— perhaps their comfort is the result of the five other shows they have given over the past three weeks...
...business at usual in the No. 1 singles position, as Bergman defeated Penn’s Yulia Rivelis 6-2, 6-2. At No. 2, Lingman had a routine first set victory at 6-2, but only won her match against Koulbitskaya after a 7-6 tiebreak victory in the second...