Word: gizmo
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...gizmo guys want most is the PSP, a Sony update of Nintendo's classic Game...
...minor change, but no one treats it that way, least of all Chung, a hard-nosed, detail-oriented boss with a penchant for micromanagement. ("He still makes the decision on how big a Christmas tree to put in the lobby," quips a former Hyundai executive.) After eyeballing the gizmo from several angles, Chung demands, "Is this enough?" Finally, he nods his O.K. but reminds his execs, "We can't allow any defects to damage our cars...
...their powers all they're cracked up to be. When AWOL is used, ingesting the equivalent of half a shot of liquor takes 20 minutes, according to Morse. "It's nearly impossible to get drunk with it," he says. A bar owner in West Paterson, N.J., even returned the gizmo because it didn't offer enough of a buzz. Mothers Against Drunk Driving president Wendy Hamilton considers vaporized alcohol a low priority compared with getting states like Florida to enact stricter seat-belt laws. "Legislatures," she explains wearily, "get distracted...
...though America were a high-tech hologram and I were a futuristic ghost. This feeling struck me acutely during a yawn-inducing 10-hour drive from Montana to Colorado via Wyoming. Except in feeble, quivering bursts, normal radio signals can't conquer that barrenness, but thanks to some wonderful gizmo in outer space, I was able to stay in touch with the most minute developments in the Michael Jackson trial and the Brad Pitt--Jennifer Aniston breakup. I couldn't have been more clued in to those events if I'd been living on Sunset Boulevard, nor could I have...
...hard-nosed, detail-oriented boss with a penchant for micromanagement. ("He still makes the decision on how big a Christmas tree to put in the lobby," quips one former Hyundai executive.) After eyeballing the plastic plate from several angles, Chung demands, "Is this enough?" He's worried that the gizmo won't do its job. Finally, he nods his O.K., but reminds his executives: "We can't allow any defects to damage our cars...