Inspired by his trip, Palacio decided to drop the electronic sound that was slowly dominating mainstream Central-American music and devote his sound to the traditional Garifuna music of acoustic guitars accompanied by intelligent, traditional lyrics.

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Even big exchange-rate shifts can be absorbed if they occur slowly. (The 8% drop in the dollar since early 2002, for instance, has not caused any problems.) But if they happen quickly, financial markets are roiled, and at worst financial institutions are unable to cope with the strain.

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It's a two-character mystery spread out over 85 minutes of real time in which both characters slowly drop their pretenses and reveal their common hurt.

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For all the pain endured by companies and the big drop in euro-area output, the region's unemployment is rising more slowly than in America or Britain.

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Meanwhile, Zyprexa, the top seller for giant Eli Lilly, has seen its annual sales drop slowly in recent years as competitors such as Pfizer 's (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Geodon and Abilify, from Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people ), have boasted that they cause less weight gain.

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