Good to hear complaints about abject governance, rampant corruption, the unworkable architecture of Dayton, political parties still drawn on ethnic lines, joblessness, drift, a dysfunctional judicial system, the pettiness of sectarianism — hear all this without the flat boom of another shell's impact in deserted streets where lives and limbs are cut.
Out of the pack, into the oven, gas mark 7, 12 minutes flat, and BOOM: an avalanche of white carbs and glistening mozzarella.
In a besieged Sarajevo, people raised hands to their necks in a gesture of self-strangulation as the flat fracturing boom of another shell reverberated in the valley.
LCDs may pick up the slack in the short term as Samsung's flat panels boom.
As the flat-screen boom took hold, sales soared but then the company began to find copies of its products turning up all over the world.It was these knock-offs that led to a decision to bring production back to America, says Mike Campagna, the firm's president.
That's according to Holly Clark, a men's accessories buyer at John Lewis, who said: "This year, we have seen the flat cap booming in popularity, undoubtedly thanks to the return of BBC2 's Peaky Blinders.
But using the marvellous language of regeneration, you can always sell parsimony as cool; see the branding of tiny new flats in boom-era Manchester or Leeds as "compact" or even "minimal".
Mass retailers such as Wal-Mart in America and the Wal-Mart-owned Asda in Britain now offer aluminium bikes for under $150; a few years ago aluminium was reserved for the priciest racing models.Confident Taiwanese firms are now trying to revive western markets, which have been flat since the mountain-bike boom ended a couple of years ago, by shifting the emphasis from leisure cycling to commuting.
For the last two years, PC sales were flat, while iPad sales were booming.
TaskRabbit, a site for hiring people to do things such as collecting groceries, assembling Ikea furniture or making a delivery (for a flat fee of $10), is booming.
Thanks in good part to the auto boom, Bessie's flat-rolled-steel business is now thriving.
