Word: bullion
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...iPod, the TiVo, even, once upon a time, the VCR and the Walkman. The Slingbox definitely does its part to dumbfound. It's not a DVD player, or a cable box, or a video recorder like TiVo. It's a little manager, shaped like a brick of gold bullion, that takes video sources like cable TV, TiVo and DVD, and sends the signal to your PC. What's crazy is that it doesn't matter if your PC is in the next room or in Singapore-you'll get your video...
...rally seemed a delayed reaction to the declining value of the dollar, down more than 20% since last February. Investors may also have bought bullion out of fear that hostilities might break out between Libya...
...Foundation hopes to do. For, in the end, I, the Foundation, and Harvard as a university all value diversity. Why would we want a society composed of faceless, amorphous, and indistinguishable individuals? That idea scares me. Personally, I would prefer to not live in such a homogeneous world of bullion. For me, the fact that the diversity among us is abundant is a most valuable quality of our life on campus...
...spur authorities into action. "We were on the phone trying to find anybody--FBI, local people, anybody--to take us seriously, and the clock is ticking," says Scott Ohlgren, Karlan's stepfather. A break came when Dabord tried to buy $152,000 worth of gold from a Phoenix bullion dealer, using his brother's checkbook. On Sept. 5 he was arrested, but he was released a few hours later when police could not disprove his claim that Dele had authorized the transaction. Dabord left for Mexico--out of the hands of police until he surfaced in San Diego...
...with the higher-ups safely hoarding our gold bullion, where’s FAS going to get the booty...