Word: cluttered
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Barack Obama's Iowa headquarters near the State Capitol in downtown Des Moines has the unmistakable décor of an insurgent operation: thinning, mildewed carpet; litter from sign-painting parties; recycling boxes full of canvassing tally sheets and empty Miller Lite cartons. But the deepening clutter hasn't covered up all the traces of what the building used to be: a hockey rink, which could hardly be a more fitting metaphor for a political contest that is suddenly getting a lot rougher. The old Dr Pepper scoreboard is still on the wall, but the largely twentysomething crew at Obama...
...writing is like practicing a musical instrument, Moon says, bringing fresh insights that have changed him. "My ability to work without a break is very different. My ability to not get flustered or to spin out of control is much better." The foot-high piles that used to clutter his office are gone. "I just worked my way through them," he says. The 1,000 unanswered e-mails are also history. "Now when I leave my office, I have between two and 10 e-mails in my inbox." Not surprisingly, he sleeps better...
...with much of the interest coming from Beckham replicas; the league expects that its stadiums will be filled when the Beckham circus comes to town; and MLS loyalists will claim vindication from the international interest in the U.S. league prompted by Beckham's presence. "David Beckham blows through the clutter in the sports-entertainment market because he transcends sport, he is a cultural icon," says Don Garber, MLS commissioner. "There really is only one David Beckham...
...Still, says Sullivan, it's important to realize these are just first steps. Universal search, introduced last week, is expected to improve over time. "It's not rolled out completely," he says. There is, however, the possibility that users will miss the old Google's clutter-free, text-only design. "It's possible," he noted. "To some degree this is kind of a gamble that they're making. But so far, I haven't heard a big huge screaming reaction from people...
...girl at a school for the blind when Paravicini's parents were showing their son around. "Derek just shoved her out of the way and took over," Ockelford says. "He had lots of energy, so there were thousands of notes all over the place. I thought it was just clutter. Then I suddenly noticed that in the middle of all the chaos was actually Don't Cry for Me Argentina." Ockelford took Paravicini on as a student and has been at his side ever since. Almost literally: when Paravicini performs live, Ockelford sits to his left, mainly to reel...