Word: dissimilarly
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Such a transformation seems, on the surface, improbable. The dispositions of these two executives could not be more dissimilar. Whereas TR was known for his vigor and zeal, Obama’s presidency is remarkable for its cool. But perhaps this is changing. In his recent meeting with House Republicans, Obama took fire from the opposition on a national broadcast and appeared, for the first time in a long time, to be the proverbial man in the arena, brow marred with sweat. The president systematically dismissed many Republican counterarguments as mere political posturing—something fresh, something promising...
...good illustration of that: right now there are two main schools of thought on the direction the economy will take in 2010, and they couldn't be more dissimilar. J.P Morgan Chase's chief U.S. equity strategist Thomas Lee is an advocate of the more optimistic outlook. He sees the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates low, credit rushing back in to households and small businesses, consumer demand taking off, employment rebounding and the S&P 500 rising 18%. (See the top stocks of the decade...
...Anglo-Swiss, born to a Swiss woman and her British husband (me), and holds passports to both countries. In other words, he is 50% Swiss, and that makes him all Swiss. A not-dissimilar legal privilege is extended to Swiss watches, which can only claim the celebrated tag "Made in Switzerland" if at least 50% of their production costs are incurred in the country. (See pictures from EURO 2008, which took place in Switzerland and Austria...
Remember the famous sweaty-T-shirt experiment? When asked to sniff men's shirts back in 1995, women who were not on the Pill preferred the scent of men who had certain genes that were more dissimilar to their own. Opposites, the data suggested, really do attract. The experiment inspired the launch last summer of GenePartner.com a Swiss company that uses genetics to predict whether two people will have butterflies-in-the-stomach chemistry. Already, partnerships are in the works with both traditional matchmakers and new online-dating sites, including Sense2Love.com which plans to add genetic matching...
...dodgeball-type game called Ricochet, in which you just punch and kick and head balls at a three-dimensional wall. It's weird to be playing a game with nothing in your hands - if you've ever played a theremin, the sensation of playing with Project Natal is not dissimilar. It's spooky. But it's also very immersive. When a ball comes bounding at your head and you butt it back with your forehead, you can almost feel the smack of it against your skin. "It was the most tactile experience I've had so far in a gaming...