Word: flats
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...underlinings from when you first read it. As your understanding of literature and the world grows, your books mature with you. Yes, the Kindle has an auto-scroll feature, but it’s not going to help the words leap off the page. If anything, they just become flat and confined on the “no-glare” screen.The Kindle is part of a trend that has contributed to the decline of the art of paper over the last twenty years. With the development of the internet, newspapers and magazines have been left gasping on the deck...
...small allowance from his mother and the assistance of various older men. Eventually he drifted into a career as an interior decorator while trying to find his way as a painter. But it wasn't until the 1940s that he arrived at the vocabulary of tortured forms against a flat backdrop that he would develop for the rest of his life...
...severity and suddenness of the global economic crisis than Asia's manufacturers. With unemployment on the rise, credit tight, and uncertainty high after the financial meltdown on Wall Street, consumers in the U.S. - Asia's most important customers - slashed their purchases of the toys, blue jeans and flat-panel TV sets churned out by the region's factories. The consequences have been disastrous. Every major economy in the region, from Japan to Singapore, has seen exports contract sharply, usually by eye-popping double-digits. Taiwan registered year-over-year declines of more than 20% for five straight months starting...
...Nearly lost his 1992 Senate race after feminists mobilized against him for grilling Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings (he called her testimony "flat-out perjury"). In 2004, his remark that a Supreme Court nominee who opposed abortion rights wouldn't pass Senate confirmation almost cost him the chance to run the hearings...
...Although the toy industry isn't sinking as much as other businesses, it's not exactly fun these days. The company's U.S. sales were essentially flat in 2008. KB Toys, a tough competitor, was liquidated. Bottom line: all retailers need some kind of response. "It's nice to see someone try something besides cutting prices," says Sean McGowan, a retail analyst at Needham...