Word: frisson
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...chip insertion would probably have something to do with what I suspect is the increasingly archaic job description of "fighter pilot," or with some other aspect of telepresent combat, in which weapons in the field are remotely controlled by distant operators. At least there's still a certain macho frisson to be had in the idea of embedding a tactical shard of glass in your head, and crazier things, really, have been done in the name of king and country...
...fact is that Third World hacking has political frisson. There's a satisfaction in outsmarting the developed world's best computer minds--a high-tech, Jesse Jackson-style cry of "I am somebody!" That certainly seems to be a widespread response in the Philippines. De Guzman's fellow students at AMA expressed quiet pride in his alleged international cybersabotage last week. The Manila Standard saluted him as "The country's first world-class hacker." "Yes," the paper exclaimed, "the Filipino...
Americans are about to get their own version of this metallic frisson. A smooth-edged, golden-hued $1 coin is working its way into circulation. By year's end the U.S. Mint hopes to have about 1 billion of the dollar coins bouncing in our pockets. And unlike the Susan B. Anthony dollar of the 1980s--a wimpy, woefully misshapen quarter--the new Sacagawea dollar has the gravity and import of the pound. It looks and feels like something you might see in an Old West saloon, perfect for a nation that worships its frontier past. (It's no accident...
...unfortunately for Smith & Wesson, that hesitation may have lost them not only their former allies but also the burgeoning trust of the current administration. "Clearly there's been a lot of friction between Smith & Wesson and the retail stores," says Barnes. And now there's an equally powerful frisson of tension percolating between the feds and the gunmaker; some analysts predict they could end up facing one another as adversaries in a lengthy court battle...
...Vancouver: Where are you going? What do you have with you? When she came to the man in the rented Chrysler, her attention was piqued by his shaking hands. Dean asked the man to step out of his car and set in motion the search that would send a frisson of fear all the way to Washington...