Word: defectives
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...women and making pocket money reprogramming stolen cell phones. That scam leads them into partnership with a menacing Indian ex?investment banker, and they're soon in over their heads. At the same time, Jas loses his head over Samira, a gorgeous Hounslow girl with one life-threatening defect: she's Muslim. With her three disapproving brothers, the ex-banker's hired thugs and his own former buddies all gunning for him, Jas soon learns the true meaning of identity...
...Devices (AMD) is enjoying a hard-won victory lap, thanks to its hot Opteron processors. A 70% jump over last year's first-quarter revenues has Dell turning its head; Google is already an AMD partner. Meanwhile, Intel sweats out every earnings call as some of its best customers defect. AMD's Hector Ruiz, CEO of the $6 billion chip company, spoke with TIME's COCO MASTERS about chip architecture, energy prices and doing battle with Intel...
...less universal,” he said.PURPOSE OF A CODEThere are, nonetheless, important benefits to honor code systems. According to Melendez, an honor code would address the lack of moral training in a university education. Melendez wrote that the lack of such training is a “great defect.”“One’s education ought to train him or her to survive and succeed in life. Yet one might easily find himself or herself in a situation where all the liberal arts in the world avail nothing,” Melendez wrote.Studies...
...with a reported $500,000 two-book deal and a highly touted chick-lit novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. The next, her publisher, Little, Brown, was recalling every copy of Opal from the shelves, like so many tins of bad salmon. The defect? Viswanathan, 19, had plagiarized dozens of passages from two young-adult novels by Megan McCafferty...
...decadent bar scene was especially attractive. With 22 cast members, the larger-than-usual cast for Freshman Musicals was extremely effective. Although some characters had minimal roles, every cameo was well-delivered and provided relief from an otherwise insistently serious plot. The most glaring defect of the production, however, was the awkward relationship between the Agassiz, the orchestra and the singers. The five-person orchestra delivered very polished pieces, doing justice to Commins’ exceptionally inventive compositions. But because of the inconvenient shape of the stage, the orchestra had to be muffled backstage, making it very difficult...