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...Armory Show of 1913, which brought the work of the European avant-garde to America, along with a lasting public uproar over whether modern art was art.) What Sheeler gradually realized was that the camera could find in the real world the fractured spaces of Picasso and the flat planes of Matisse. It could produce a picture of the side of a barn in which nothing had been altered but everything appeared abstract. It could give the old hat a fresh tilt...
...almost nothing, why not keyboards? They soon may. Two companies have developed prototype "virtual" keyboards designed to accompany portable devices like PDAs, tablet PCs and cell phones. Here's how they work: a laser beam projects a glowing red outline of a keyboard on a desk or other flat surface. A sensor like those used in digital cameras monitors the reflection of an infrared light projected on the same spot. It can tell which "keys" you are trying to strike by the way that reflection changes. Someday, similar keyboards may be built into the gadgets they work with, so that...
...think it's very hard to envisage all the situations. You mentioned a number of them - you have a traffic jam that delays you, is this a genuine traffic jam? You may have a flat tire [en route] to a target. Is it one flat tire? Four flat tires? [Any denial of access] you have to report. If it is flagrant, then it is easy. And if it is trivial, then it is easier [to decide on how to respond]. But there may be cases in which it is difficult to judge. It's going to really be a matter...
...fast is he walking? I don’t walk, I usually flat-out trot. I’m the fastest relaxed walker I know. If he’s walking slower than 5 mph and he’s alone, he’s probably...
...prestige matters. "The IHT is one of the great newspapers in the world, and we valued it as a way for an audience around the world to see the best of Washington Post journalism," Graham said in an interview. Post executives acknowledge that the Times's aggressiveness caught them flat-footed. But the bottom line is, says Graham, "you can't be successful with a partner that does not want to be your partner...