Word: digitalizing
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...middle finger isn't the only digit with a message. The thumb talks too, but generally in happier tones, with an upward point indicating approval, good news or some other nicety. That pleasant gesture is thought to have sprung from the grim business of gladiatorial combat, when spectators in the Roman Coliseum would give a thumbs-up or down to determine whether a beaten competitor should live or die. What began in Rome similarly went global...
...read, different students were asked to extend either the index finger or the middle finger - though to keep the test free of the subtle influence of language, the term "middle finger" was never actually used. Instead, the students were shown a diagram in which each finger was labeled alphabetically - digit...
...Saint Laurent's hands, Nahmad paid about $300,000 for the piece. Although he is sanguine about the market, the dealer, based in Monte Carlo, Monaco, was staggered by Monday's sale, which also netted records for Piet Mondrian (two of the Dutchman's paintings sold for eight-digit figures), Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Klee and James Ensor. "It was the most amazing auction I've ever seen," Nahmad said on the main floor just after the last lot sold. "There are still a lot of rich people in the world, and I think they are anticipating...
...world news. He would like to thank his family and friends for humoring him when he shows them his drawings, and especially Ariel Shaker for suggesting this in the first place. Samuel L. Clemens is a third-semester freshman concentrating in the Alphabet, with a secondary field in Two-Digit Numbers. He enjoys masturbatory self-description. Also, gargoyles. His comics focus on anthropomorphic abstractions, such as “loyalty” with a mustache. Samuel lives off-campus with several elderly women whom he refers to, collectively, as Mother...
...outgoing enforcement chief, Linda Thomsen, said Stanford promised "improbable and unsubstantiated high interest rates" allegedly earned through a unique investment strategy. The bank purportedly achieved double-digit returns on its investments during the past 15 years...