Word: suddenness
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...diversified economy (65% of export income comes from diamonds), its calm political climate proves that these stones are not always corrosive to the places they come from. Namibia is taking steps toward creating a homegrown polishing industry, adding a long-overdue value-added layer to the extraction process. A sudden collapse of the diamond trade would spell disaster for these countries and cause starvation and chaos in other diamond zones in Africa...
...bureaucrats to apply rules fairly. The country ranks in the bottom third of Transparency International's corruption index; a recent government inspection of state ministries uncovered 1,700 graft cases in the first nine months of this year. Some investors grumble the government is still apt to make sudden changes in taxes, for instance, without notice. "Information is a big issue," says Dominic Scriven, director of Dragon Capital, an investment-banking firm in Ho Chi Minh City. "What you thought was true in January, may no longer be true in December...
...rocketed it past Cornell goalkeeper Jenny Niewsluchowski for a 3-1 lead. Nine seconds later, Harvard struck again. Freshman defenseman Kathryn Farni passed the puck to Solley, who shot from the right circle towards the upper right corner of the goal. Niewsluchowski—perhaps stunned by the sudden onslaught—failed to make the save. “They caused us a lot of trouble, they got in our way, they set picks, and are pretty big kids,” Stone said. “We fought through it and finally got to the goalkeeper. I can?...
...translate to a loss in the standings, as the team skated to a 4-3 victory over Colgate (3-7-1, 3-1-0 ECAC) on an overtime goal by sophomore Jenny Brine. While scrappy play characterized most of regulation, the goal that clinched the game 1:49 into sudden-death overtime was absolutely textbook. Sophomores Sarah Wilson and Brine executed the give-and-go to perfection, as Brine sped past her defender to turn a pass from Wilson into a beautiful finish in front of the net.“When it goes into overtime, I like our chances?...
...DIED. Jack Palance, 87, hulking Hollywood iconoclast who won a best-supporting-actor Oscar for playing Curly, the hilariously creepy dude-ranch stud in City Slickers; in Montecito, California. The former heavyweight boxer shot to fame playing eerily calm, menacing heavies in films like Sudden Fear (Joan Crawford's deranged stalker) and Shane (a bullying gunslinger) in the 1950s. But his most memorable performance was at the 1992 Oscars. Accepting his award, Palance started to attempt a speech, then dropped to the floor, displaying his virility with a series of one-handed push-ups. Later asked what happened, he replied...