Word: decentering
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...seen this before: man escapes the amoral city to rediscover his humanity in the country, where decent folk live. (Didn't David Lynch and South Park kill that canard?) It would be forgivable if the show were better written, like the WB's wholesome but sassy mother-daughter comedy Gilmore Girls. Most unfortunate is Everwood's narrator, the town school-bus driver, who's in the Bagger Vance tradition of the wise black man put on earth to comment on the white stars' spiritual healing. And for every flash of Gilmore-esque zippy dialogue, there's a groaner. When Brown...
These three and sophomore Brandon McCafferty, the preseason starter at right tackle, will be asked to lead a unit that, given its inexperience, some might find ill-equipped to establish a decent pass rush and continue the Crimson’s recent history of being among the best teams against...
...that we failed to teach these people that life is worth living. These extremists exist now, and will exist forever, so the question before us must be, How can we defend both our lives and theirs? We in the Arab world love freedom and want the chance at a decent life. We are not different from you, as it sometimes seems. We may be just temporarily backward. Working together, our governments must decide how, with what culture and by what actions, they will combat the influence of those who hate life...
...Powered by a 206-MHz Intel StrongArm processor with 32 MB of memory, the xda will seem familiar to those who use handheld computers running Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 operating system. The device is handsome (thanks to a plastic casing that looks like brushed titanium), has a decent color screen and comes equipped with a full range of applications (such as Pocket Outlook) that can be synchronized with your PC through a USB or serial port...
...overly friendly blond sidles up in a crowded bar and asks you to order her a brand-name martini, or a cheery tourist couple wonder whether you can take their picture with their sleek new camera-in-a-cell phone, you might want to think twice. There's a decent chance that these strangers are pitchmen in disguise, paid to oh-so-subtly pique your interest in their product. Their game, known as "stealth marketing," is one of several unorthodox ploys that Madison Avenue is using to get through to jaded consumers...