Word: carding
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Moreover, that 180-m.p.h. speed limit pertains only to present conditions. There's now a wild card in the climatic deck, observes M.I.T. atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel: global warming. Over coming decades, atmospheric pollution and the greenhouse effect are expected to heat not just the air but also the surface of the oceans, and it is the thermal energy of that water that fuels typhoons and hurricanes. As a rule of thumb, according to Emanuel, wind speeds increase 5 m.p.h. for every additional degree Fahrenheit of water temperature. By that formula, sustained winds in future hurricanes could conceivably...
First there was a gold card and a gold record. Then platinum records and cards. But Platinum's now a deodorant, so it's time to find a new prestige metal. We asked some experts...
Iridium is rarer, costlier and even more resistant to corrosion than platinum, and its name comes from iris, the rainbow, from the lovely play of color in iridium salts. I would love to carry an iridium credit card. --Dr. Oliver Sacks, author...
...simple way of making "smart" calls, managing three-way calling, call waiting and all the rest. Or, imagine a global-positioning device that automatically interfaces with a database of ATMs so that when you visit an unfamiliar city, you can instantly find a machine that takes your bank card without adding its usurious access fee. Or, if taste buds tingle, it finds the closest dim sum-parlor...
...sound less depraved than it would if it were done by poor people--had not been coined. The sort of state lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking. The sort of federal lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking with a fake draft card. Reading about the recent accusations against George W. Bush, I could imagine one of my classmates' saying wistfully, "I might have tried cocaine if I'd ever heard...