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...crossing into “has-been” territory attempt to reinvigorate their stardom, as consumers have the power to show that ‘tis the season for generosity, second chances and thus the potentially successful comeback. It is also an opportunity for big names to further etch themselves into the minds of entertainment consumers who have long gift lists that may include myriad albums and videos...
However, most who attend Harvard and other such places are not content to simply carve their names into walls. Rather, we seek to etch our existences into time itself through the careers we choose. When someone says, “I am a doctor,” it is more than a statement about the way he makes a living. His career is the embodiment of his individuality. It is the medium through which he expresses himself to others and impresses himself on the world...
...seen a real revolution in black box technology. Flight data recorders were first mandated in 1969, but the first generation of black boxes, introduced in the 1950s, used metal styluses to etch the information from the plane on a piece of foil that scrolled past. They were really only capable of recording basics like altitude. It wasn't until we got into the digital flight data recorders (in the 1960s) that we started gathering more sophisticated data. And one of the side effects of the FAA mandating modern flight data recorders is that some airlines use their FDR data...
Take a peek under your desk. See that snarl of cables, leads, paper clips and lost printouts cascading from the butt end of your PC? Well, etch the ugly sight into your memory for nostalgic reference. Computer cables are going the way of eight-tracks, pet rocks and typewriters. A wireless revolution is seeping into our homes, schools, offices and gathering points very quietly, and setting up what appears to be a face-off between two competing technical standards...
Beneath a translucent scalp, the plates of Gertrude Dhlamini's cranium etch a geography of pain. Her illness is obvious in the thin, stretched skin under which veins throb with the shingles that have blinded her left eye and scarred that side of her face. At 39, she looks 70. The agonizing thrush, a kind of fungus, that paralyzed her throat has ebbed enough to enable her to swallow a spoon or two of warm gruel, but most of the nourishment flows away in constant diarrhea. She struggles to keep her hand from scratching restlessly at the scaly rash flushing...