Word: haplessness
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When it comes to playing God, of course, cloning the images of hapless dead celebrities is not in the same league as mucking with actual genes. But the question of CG humans does allow designers to muse like college freshmen about the nature of reality and still call it work. For instance, effects artists can give you long disquisitions on skin, its subtle sheen, the complexity of pores. To a computer, it's the little things that are most confusing about humanity. "The closer you get to reality, the harder it is to make something look real," explains Muren. "When...
...other groundfish, these nets indiscriminately draw in the creatures that swim or crawl alongside, including halibut, Pacific herring, Pacific salmon and king crab. In similar fashion, so-called longlines--which stretch for tens of miles and bristle with thousands of hooks--snag not just tuna and swordfish but also hapless sea turtles and albatrosses, marlin and sharks...
...deal by Thursday, so that he can hammer out a deal with congressional leaders before Congress goes on summer vacation August 1. Meanwhile, the publicity is risk-free. Clinton knows he's not the one who has to hurry: if Congress leaves without a budget deal, the hapless Republicans will be the ones to suffer, and their new Republican leader in the White House will have done...
...face, the proposition sounds eminently reasonable. Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana have elephants the way New York City apartments have cockroaches. Elephants roam everywhere, tearing down trees by the acre, galumphing through the crops of irate farmers, stomping on hapless citizens. Zimbabwe alone has about 65,000 of the truck-size beasts, though its wild lands can comfortably support only half that many, and the other countries are similarly overendowed. "The elephant," says John Hutton, Zimbabwe project director of the British-based Africa Resources Trust, "was never endangered in this part of Africa...
...beginning, however, Harvard appeared ready to surprise the pundits. First, the Crimson cruised to a 23-6 win over the hapless M.I.T Engineers. Zimmerman found the back of the net five times while captain Jonathan Gill added three goals...