Word: usual
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...With the chairman and CEO on sick leave until June, the company has been working hard to carry on with business as usual - a tough trick since business was usually carried on the back of Jobs. He was the front man, the face of Apple, its every innovation incarnate. Even a trifle like the new Shuffle, with its clever way of "speaking" the names of tracks and playlists to ease navigation, would have been his to unveil. Not this morning. (See pictures of Jobs...
...nothing more than the space of time between 5am and 8am. But, in truth, it can only be described by those who have been there. It is cruel. It is painful. In its wake lie nothing but tears, agony, and spent cans of Red Bull...ineffective as usual. Try as you may to flee to the sanctuary of The Onion, Youtube, or FML...to no avail: the VOID is a black hole that seeks to sucks the life out of any and all comers...
...last night, the two were almost non-factors. Markley managed to finish the game with 11 points, but was limited by some early foul trouble that prevented her from finding her usual rhythm...
...clear that the usual diplomatic arc with Pyongyang - public fits intended to strengthen its bargaining position for an eventual return to the table - is in play right now. If in the next few weeks the North launches what it terms a "satellite intended for peaceful purposes" - in truth, a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska - it will be the North's most provocative act since it tested a nuke in the autumn of 2006. Bosworth and, earlier, his boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have already beseeched the Chinese to intervene with the North, and diplomats in Seoul...
...wonder whether the recent saber-rattling from the North is standard operating procedure is murkier: questions still surround the health of the North's Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il. Kim suffered a stroke late last summer, and since then he has been seen in public even more rarely than usual. On Sunday he was photographed "voting" in North Korea's sham parliamentary elections, and he looked noticeably older and thinner than he did just six months ago. There are conflicting opinions about his level of involvement in managing the country since the stroke. (See pictures of Kim Jong...