Word: rapid
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...quite. The unwieldy convoy hardly constitutes a rapid response team, and Iraqi officials had been notified of the inspection ahead of time. UNSCOM is keeping its expectations low for these early ?baseline? visits. Whether they will turn up anything in future trips remains to be seen. More important to Iraq is how many trips it will take before Baghdad is granted a clean bill of health. One crumb of comfort for the Iraqis: Richard Butler, the belligerent UNSCOM chief, is being rotated out as the inspections begin...
Despite the rapid mergers of existing banks, more and more new ones are being launched. The number of applications for community bank charters has quadrupled, from 49 in 1994 to more than 200 last year, with much of the activity coming in states like Florida and California, where giant banks predominate. "The large banks just don't do a very good job of serving the niche that community banks have," says Bob Colvin, a banking expert for Sheshunoff Information Services...
Kwietniowski's adept directing helps to further portray Giles' feelings for Ronnie. His steady camera and intentional dearth of cutting adds to the determined tone of the movie. We are never shocked by rapid movements of the camera but are instead convinced of a mounting tension through slow but deliberate cutting. Kwietniowski also includes enough dream sequences and slow-motion camera shots to add an eerie quality to the film. An example of his skill is his shot of the first encounter between Ronnie and Giles. The camera focuses on their handshake as Ronnie removes his hand and Giles keep...
After intermission, the Mendelssohn's Third Symphony greeted the audience with bright colorful chords. With force, the orchestra traded the theme throughout the orchestra, the violinists' hands becoming nothing but a blur from the rapid bowing. The orchestra members' faces crinkled by concentration, the rapid succession of each measure reached a point of chromatic suspended progression, only to return back to the frantic rapidity, ending in a clever pizzicato ending...
After working the door to the Mass. Ave. CVS for several hours, frenetically calling out to pedestrians and firing rapid compliments to passing ladies, panhandler John Jones vacates his spot at 4 p.m. sharp, leaving the coveted position open for fellow-panhandler Alice to walk up and begin working...