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...CONTRAST RATIO This ratio (e.g., 600 to 1) represents the difference between a screen's brightest and darkest colors. A higher ratio is better. "Contrast as a concept is really important," says Poor. "The blacker your blacks, the more punch you have to your colors." But TV makers use differing standards to calculate the numbers, so comparing them is "almost useless," says Poor. So how do you judge contrast? First view the TV from the front, then see how badly the image fades from the side. If all the sets are on the same channel, it's fairly easy...
...make America believe that she really is a Barbara Bush-type supporter, that she really wants her husband to succeed in front her. And that is what she needs to play up—rather than push down—as she steps into the country’s brightest spotlight. Certainly, many Americans have learned that she’s not a “cookies and tea” woman. Many know she’s tough and know she’s smart, but it’s going to take a lot more than pink sweaters...
...cultural shift away from government employment has been even harder to change. While the private sector has boasted of its commitment to quality and efficiency, the public sector still has a reputation branded by that notorious phrase, "good enough for government work." So the Best and the Brightest believe there's no excitement or pulse in federal service. Even graduate schools that are supposed to train students for government can't convince them to work there. In 1961, Charles and Marie Robinson gave $35 million to Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to ensure its students...
...hard to get more white-fenced than Naperville. In the western Chicago suburb, crime is a nuisance, not a problem. The streets are clean and the schools are some of the most impressive in the state, churning out some of the brightest students who attend the nation's best colleges. But it's vicious at the top - so much so that Naperville's school officials recently voted to stop using a class ranking system...
...boys acquired over 566 years to the spirit of a less hierarchical, more competitive, more globalized Britain, and the effort is bearing fruit. If it plays its cards right - especially if it can open its doors not just to the very bright sons of the wealthy but to the brightest boys there are, anywhere - Eton has a decent shot at becoming the nursery for a 21st century (male) élite. And it won't be just a British élite, either...