This silly little story, all underdog clichés layered atop tabloid stereotypes topped with a think gloss of mid-afternoon melodrama, is going to carry FIFA through the shaky transition into a new game engine, Frostbite, with all of its subtle changes to responsiveness, animation and pace.
Saying "the world needs Nigeria to succeed," President Clinton arrived here today on a visit intended to nudge Africa's most populous country along in its shaky transition to civilian rule after 16 years of debilitating dictatorship.
President Clinton began a four-day trip to Africa, landing in Nigeria to help support the shaky transition of Africa's most populous country to civilian rule from 16 years of entrenched military dictatorship.
The MPR also turned down an amendment to extend Islamic law.On the whole, Indonesia's first annual session of the MPR since the shaky transition to democracy appears to have done little damage to either the presidency or the constitution.
The court is also expected to rule on a separate case that could mean the temporary suspension of Parliament, undermining another step in Egypt's shaky transition to democracy.
Cost, capability and timing are still the major challenges during this shaky transition phase.
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Washington has repeatedly pressed Indonesia, where a shaky economic and democratic transition is under way, to take firmer action against groups and individuals suspected of having ties to Osama bin Laden and his terrorism network, Al Qaeda.
For the past two years, however, Burma has undergone a shaky process of political transition towards what is being dubbed a "disciplined democracy".
Thus, during transitions, revolutionary entrepreneurs can seize the moment to topple a shaky new regime.
In between those emotional cornerstones, it was a shaky, soggy United States Open, but for the host nation, it still turned out to be a seamless transition from the old guard to the new wave.
