Word: directionality
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...Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, “He’s Just Not That Into You” is both a close adaptation and wide interpretation of its original text. At its start, the film stays faithful to the book in both spirit and form, using endearing but direct humor and exaggerated cases to prove the authors’ points. Gigi is meant to represent the universal female voice—constantly worrying, obsessing, overanalyzing, and most of all, making excuses for men. Alex is the suave manager of a bar, who coolly rejects girls on a regular basis...
...calibrate the computer accordingly. That, however, is a relatively easy tweak, no more complicated than customizing voice-recognition software to individual users. "It's really just a matter of refining the algorithms," says Chau. "We envision this at the very least as a preference detector that allows people to direct their own care...
...press secretary] heartburn, but I think that's one of the things that makes Twitter attractive, that it doesn't go through a filter and a screen," Hoekstra says. "Normally, I have my staff write a press release, then I give feedback, then they rewrite it. This is direct...
...direct, in fact, that until recently, Representatives weren't even allowed to use sites like Twitter. But last summer, Representative John Culberson, a Texas Republican who not only posts Tweets but video-blogs on Twitter, helped organize a petition to allow members broader access to social-networking sites. Culberson cornered Michael Capuano, chairman of the House Franking Commission (officially the Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards) in a corridor with a video-enabled cell phone to ask him about opening up the rules. Such moves led to a protest website, letourcongresstweet.org, and Twitter's first petition. The rules were relaxed...
...Lieberman indicated that his natural inclination is to side with Netanyahu. "We want a right-wing government," he said flatly. Lieberman also took a swing at the outgoing Kadima-led government for entering into Egyptian-brokered cease-fire talks with Gaza's Islamic militants, Hamas. "We will not have direct or indirect negotiations with Hamas nor a cease-fire," he said, adding that he would join any government that had as its objective "the defeat of Hamas." (See pictures of Israeli soldiers in Gaza...