Word: vibrant
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...modern metropolises, the business district bristling with skyscrapers and ringed by highways. Over 90% of the population own their own homes, most of them well-maintained and scrupulously clean apartments in government-built blocks. Singapore's cultural life - a phrase that was once oxymoronic - is now at least as vibrant as those of other cities in Southeast Asia, with a sparkling new performing-arts center and some of the best restaurants in the world. After decades of strong economic growth, per-capita income last year was $24,220, about the same as Italy. As they trip around Asia, popping...
...Australians begin to reflect on the racial bigotry exposed at Cronulla, it can only be hoped that nation will finally awake from its slumber of small-mindedness. Over the last 30 years Australia has begun to develop a vibrant multicultural society, diversifying politics and culture while paving the way for integration into Asia. As Australia increasingly globalizes it must shed the ignorant roots of intolerance and embrace the multiplicity of nationalities already within its borders. If the North Cronulla riots are not incentive enough for change, then Australia risks a future plagued by disunity and disgruntled reaction to the faux...
...picking up, but consumer spending remains sluggish in Germany and elsewhere. And in the U.K., consumption has slowed as the housing boom tails off. But the news isn't all bad. Investment bankers and fund managers, already highly paid, are expecting record year-end bonuses thanks to vibrant stock markets and a wave of mergers and acquisitions. Headhunters Russell Reynolds Associates say that fund managers' bonuses could be 40% higher than 2004. And a survey by New York City?based Options Group shows European bankers can expect a 20% increase in their bonuses on average. That should keep retailers...
...Oscar nomination for playing a gay man in As Good as It Gets. Now a bunch of gay roles are generating Oscar buzz. Why do gay parts still garner so much attention? It gets attention if it's done well, if the sexuality is secondary to a real-life, vibrant person an audience can relate to. I don't think you set out to be noticed by playing on the sexuality. That's kind of a dead...
While Pittman used a variety of bright, vibrant colors, Hodges stuck with one: white...