Word: haloed
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...january cover package in time global business included a feature about Haier, the leading appliance maker in China and sixth largest in the world, with revenues growing 49.7% in 2001, to $7.4 billion. But Haier's halo is slipping. In July the company sued Yicong Chen, 25, a Beijing-based securities analyst for a government-owned company who had written a critical research report. Haier then announced a 45% decline in first-half profits, largely because of weak sales of air conditioners--a segment that Chen's report covered. Chen nonetheless agreed to a court-supervised apology for the "distorted...
...most perfect picture of a trapped rat I've ever seen--bug-eyed, helpless and hopeless." A woman from Florida saw a regretful expression and mused, "If only Arafat acted as contrite as he looks." And a Vancouver, B.C., man derided "the reverential cover portrait" as "missing only a halo to present Arafat as a distinguished statesman...
...Robert Rawley, head of the medical advisory board for the Maryland department of motor vehicles, is studying 2,500 drivers at five-year intervals to see how age affects skills. He says that as vision starts to diminish, drivers are blinded by the halo effect of lights at night and are less able to judge the speed of oncoming cars. As physical changes such as arthritis set in, some older drivers find it more difficult to turn their head to check their blind spot. "With functional testing, we can identify where drivers are having problems...
...distance of oncoming traffic, which can help older drivers safely make a left-hand turn--the most common cause of crashes for the elderly. The emergency-alert system beeps when a car drifts from its lane. A vision-enhancement screen on the windshield helps reduce glare from the halo effect of approaching lights...
...simple. They don’t blend hip-hop, they don’t dose tracks with techno-loops, but stick to simple meat and potatoes rock-metal power, with an occasional decrease in distortion for a few seconds of sensitivity. Catapulted by their debut single, “Halo,” the band is threatening to leave behind their Ozzfest second-stage brethren and move into the mainstream...