While it would be nice to rid the restaurant scene of such annoyances, it is important to note that during the boom, New York dining experienced a surge of creativity and progress not seen since the days of Le Pavillon.
Every so often, a crescendo wells up and Orri Pall Dyrason's drums kick in, adding a surge of drama to the stately progress of the music.
But as the economy surges forward, there are concerns about the political price of progress.
Are Western women in fact no longer in the vanguard of progress for women, as sisters in Africa, Asia and Latin America surge past taboos in emerging economies?
Military officials say that during the early days of the surge, General Petraeus cited what his staff termed "leading indicators" of progress, even when much of the private and public discussion of the war effort was still negative.
General David Petraeus delivered his keenly awaited report to Congress on the progress of the "surge" of troops to Iraq.
The area where the shooting occurred — a fertile but dangerous valley with lush vineyards and pomegranate orchards that has been one of the Taliban's traditional strongholds — is one of several in the south where NATO forces say they have made progress since the surge of American reinforcements began flooding the country last year.
Some of that effect, no doubt, is a simple by-product of economic progress: in the surge of prosperity during the middle part of the last century, people in the West became better fed, better educated, and more familiar with things like I. Q
Internal United Nations maps show a marked deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan during this year's fighting season, countering the Obama administration's optimistic assessments of military progress since the surge of additional American forces began a year ago.
The Group is also expected to assess new opportunities linked to innovation, technical progress and the surge of new public and private data providers to support and complement conventional statistical systems and strengthen accountability at the global, regional and national level.
