Word: chips
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...other day who had no sense of humor. None. The chip was missing, as in an alien who cannot weep or fall in love. I tried to banter with him. He flat-lined. His face stared back in blank, serene incomprehension. For an instant I had a flash of Henny Youngman trying to get a laugh out of Eleanor Roosevelt...
...have much new physics in it," the 6-ft. 6-in., plainspoken inventor said with a shrug to reporters who gathered outside his door. But the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences thought otherwise. Awarding Kilby half the 2000 physics prize (total value: $915,000), it noted that his chip created nothing less than a revolution in solid-state physics, not to mention a $231 billion worldwide industry for the microchips that are the heart of today's electronic wizardry, from computers to smart toasters to talking Barbie dolls. The other half of the prize, fittingly, went to Zhores Alferov...
...with American Express's new Blue smart card, which can be used in personal computers equipped with card readers. These systems provide excellent security for online shopping; the purchase won't go through unless the owner types in a code that matches the one stored on the card's chip...
...absolutely did [think about taking a shot at the end zone], but we figured it was such a chip shot," Murphy said. "I thought real hard about it, but I said I'd kill myself if we turned the ball over when we get a chip shot field goal to win the game...
With the amount the Crimson kickers have struggled this year, it is curious that Murphy would have placed so much trust in the leg of Wright, despite the kick being a so-called "chip shot...