Word: vocalizer
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...these intentions become reality. But it's a sign of the times that one of the signatories of the G-20 communiqué was Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Her husband Nestor Kirchner, whom she succeeded as President, has long been one of the IMF's most vocal critics; he blamed it for causing a national economic "catastrophe" and spurned its help when he started rebuilding Argentina's shattered economy in 2003. It probably helped that shortly before the G-20 announcement, the IMF gave the world a peek at its new, softer and more generous self...
...Thailand has an increasingly vocal antialcohol movement. Last November Thai Beverage PLC, the country's largest producer of alcoholic drinks, indefinitely postponed its stock listing after Buddhist monks led a blockade of the Stock Exchange of Thailand building in Bangkok. Thais in favor of prohibition also cheered the passing of an alcohol-control act that took effect in February last year. It raised the legal drinking age from 18 to 20, banned alcohol-related advertising, and - at a time when Britain was liberalizing its licensing laws to allow for round-the-clock drinking - restricted the sale of alcohol to only...
...brink to complete a remarkable turnaround.“I just told myself that you can’t really worry about losing at this stage,” Omodele-Lucien said. “It’s obviously not helping.”Though Rueb was vocal in his approval of the team’s performance, he insisted that there was no single highlight that could summarize the weekend—only a phrase.“[It was] a hell of a performance,” Rueb said...
Singer-songwriter Sara B. Bareilles hits Tercentenary Theater to perform at Yardfest on Sunday afternoon. Bareilles, who nabbed two Grammy nominations in 2009 for “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” and “Song of The Year”, chats with FM about college, love songs, and bird poop. 1. Fifteen Minutes: Rumor has it you’re also performing at MIT’s Spring Concert. Who do you think will have the crazier, wilder crowd? It’s OK, you can be honest. Sara B. Bareilles: They’re both...
...Enlist Allies: Last year's Air Force leaders wanted more F-22s. Gates canned both of them, blaming them for the Air Force's sloppy handling of nuclear weapons, although their vocal support of the F-22 program angered Gates' inner circle. The new Air Force secretary and chief of staff agree with Gates that 187 F-22s are sufficient and took the unusual step of penning an Op-Ed in the Washington Post to say so. Meanwhile, Michael Wynne, the ousted secretary, was left to grumble in the blogosphere that Gates' blueprint is a "searing indictment of America...