Word: clever
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...Microsoft's customers, of course, were free to switch to WordPerfect for Windows or Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows or any other competing products. But by the time those programs were ready, Microsoft already owned the markets. "You could argue," says Arthur, "that Microsoft is the product of clever strategy, mediocre technology and a hell of a lot of increasing returns...
...ironic that so many successful stand-up comedians are said to have 'really made it' when they land their own sitcoms. These skilled practitioners, who generated humor from real life, and their own wits for years, 'succeed' when they trade in their own clever repartee for mindless scripts...
...Given that we have relatively few courses thatlimit enrollment, we'd have to be clever aboutdesigning a system everyone would take seriously,"Herschbach says...
...still some life left in the underpowered 16-bit systems. With an impressive piece of programming, Nintendo has managed to get games developed for the Ultra 64 to play on the old Super NES. The first of these was Donkey Kong Country, which conquered vidkids last year with its clever play and striking three-dimensional graphics. DKC ended up outgrossing most Hollywood movies (total number of copies sold in the U.S. so far: 3.5 million...
...something like this: find some notorious evil people and compare your opponent to them. By referring to an ongoing tragedy that has been in the news, Tadros tries to fool us into associating the horrible images we've seen of Bosnia, with the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is a clever move because it forces the "pro-Israel side" to have to explain how and why the Israelis aren't rapists and murderers. This is essentially a variation on the old "when-did-you-stop-beating-your wife" strategy. If anything, Tadros is doing a disservice to the plight...