Word: crisp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...electronics industry. After ceding most of the market for today's television sets to Japanese and European manufacturers, the U.S. was about to lose the market for tomorrow's TVs as well. It seemed only a matter of time before U.S. consumers started replacing their squat, fuzzy receivers with crisp, wide- screen sets built around a made-in-Japan technology called analog HDTV...
...past few months Kreimer has patiently waited for the money. Paying a $3.25 bill at a local store, he withdraws a crisp $20 note from a brand-new wallet. The billfold, he says, is "from an admirer." He may soon need a second wallet. Kreimer's lawyer is negotiating another cash settlement, stemming from the separate First Amendment suit now under appeal...
...sort of Cliffs Notes guide to the topic that will have special appeal for managers concerned about this stubborn workplace plague, especially now that litigation is raising the ante of ignorance. But harassers and victims -- as well as the great mass of confused bystanders -- will also find it informative. Crisp and logical, Webb's book explains what sexual harassment is, how to recognize it, how to know if you're doing it and how to eliminate the problem at work if necessary...
Style is substance, and fashion follows form in this collection of strikingly seductive fashion photographs since 1945. From Richard Avedon's dramatic compositions to Irving Penn's crisp images to Deborah Turbeville's diaphanous fantasies, these images reflect the vision of the photographer far more than the fashions they are designed to sell...
Sharp dribbling, not crisp passing...