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...daughters in Manhattan. He often jogs four miles in Central Park before he leaves for the office at 5 a.m., and recently he has taken on the added job of writing and delivering the news on Today, a chore that used to be handled by Floyd Kalber. Brokaw's drawback rather is something he cannot do much about: his frosty demeanor. It is a failing that he readily admits--and dismisses. Says he: "When you're on for two hours, five days a week, if you try to be something that you are not, it will show through." --TIME...
...other drawback of "Milan in a Van" is that much of the fair's excitement is hard to capture. "The fair is not the interesting bit, it's the way various companies take over spaces and create installations of work," says Sarah Gaventa, a design curator at Scarlet Projects in London and a longtime Salone attendee. "It can be quite emotive. And that's what people go for." In an attempt to capture that excitement, "Milan in a Van" includes a documentary video of the fair. "The great thing about this show is that it shows museums can be spontaneous...
Many are the wonders of modern tourism--economical packages, efficient tours, reliably standardized accommodations, every detail adjusted to make the traveler feel at home while abroad. The drawback, of course, is that it's so bland and formulaic (museum, monument, gift shop, beverage! Repeat!). Hence there are vagabond travelers who remain determined to avoid all that--to seek out destinations that offer interest and beauty but don't seem geared for the masses. While living in Scotland a few years ago, I was one of those. I wanted to travel to the farthest reaches of Great Britain, far away from...
...Freehand is not for everyone, though. To benefit from the device, patients must have use of a shoulder and upper arm and partial use of their hands. The technology can be fragile, too, and patients must be constantly on guard against infection around the implanted electronics. Another drawback is that the Freehand system provides no tactile feedback for things like temperature, so users also have to be careful when handling hot objects such as cigarettes or coffee. To get around this problem, Thomas Sinkjaer and colleagues at the Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction at Denmark's Aalborg University are developing...
...first-year HLS student, happily took advantage of the new service. “It’s a great value,” he says. “It leaves about 20 yards from where I live. It’s convenient and cheap.” The drawback to any bus trip over flying, of course, is the added travel time. But that wasn’t a problem for Harkin. “We saw a bad movie—The Legend of Zorro, I think,” he says. “It made...