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Another intelligent but pricey option, the rear-view, self-adjusting, electrochromatic mirror that protects the driver from the glare and intensity of headlights behind him, has already been installed on 5 million cars. Working on an extension of the same technology, Gentex, which developed the mirror, is testing auto glass that will dim at the flip of a switch to protect against sun glare and become completely opaque-to thwart prying eyes-when the ignition is off and the car is unoccupied...
...ruddy-cheeked blond in a ponytail, shinnied 60 ft. up the mast, tools in hand, to tighten some screws while swinging in a harness high over the choppy seas. "This isn't a battle of the sexes," she said afterward. "This is about having fun." Squinting into the glare, she added: "And about winning...
...Maynard School in Cambridge, one child stood apart from his peers as they celebrated their afternoon freedom. He was a small Black boy, slumped against the corner of the gym's stage. "Smile," I joked to him, "it don't cost nothing." He responded with a glare repelling enough to send any well-meaning Harvard kid back to the artificial comforts of the "other Cambridge." As it turned out, this boy had been punished for being "too rambunctious," and he wanted nothing less than to spend his period of confinement with me. Naively, I persisted...
Almost unique among athletes in the glare of the media spotlight, Tracy carries this attitude around all tape recorders, microphones and reporter's notebooks...
Because for a lot of people, the nip in the air, the shortening evenings and the fading leaves on the ground glare like warning sign of things to come. Nature drives you indoors, and for the most part John Q. Public can only flounder helplessly in front of his television and his fireplace...