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...cops' tracking of it make for a beautifully orchestrated 20min. set piece. The camera is ever on the prowl, but discreetly, observantly, like a cat burglar casing his victim's digs. Little editing ruses--a second or two of slow motion, say, to catch an actor's anguished face--heighten the intensity...
...Asia's motorists are plagued by hazards faced by travelers everywhere: drunk drivers, bad weather, heavy traffic. But developing countries harbor a host of other factors that heighten the peril. With car and motorcycle sales rising fast, deficit-ridden governments are hard-pressed to build wider, safer highways to accommodate swarms of new commuters. In poorer nations, existing road systems are often badly maintained and lack basic infrastructure such as stop signs and traffic signals. Traffic in Asia is frequently a tumultuous and deadly mix of pedestrians, affordable (but highly vulnerable) motorcycles, cars, pickup trucks ferrying loads of passengers...
Divoll—who staffed vice-presidential candidate Sen. John R. Edwards, D-N.C., on the Senate Select Committee and said she is “looking forward to the Kerry administration”—said that this year’s presidential election should heighten interest in her study group...
...happy that Harvard finally got the sense to get someone like Busta Rhymes to heighten student morale," said Natznet Tesfay '06. "I feel as if Busta Rhymes is marketable to all the people at Harvard, unlike Guster...
...band is bathed in blue and red lights that heighten the contours in lead singer Jason Pegg’s face and long blonde hair. He regards the microphone at an angle, seeming to sing at it rather than into it, and his silvery croon is accompanied by occasional vocals from the microphones to his left and right, where Woodward and Hewitt round out the front line...