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Journalists play God when they decide for their readers when to hide information from them. Frequently, those choices are unavoidable. There are only so many pages in the paper, and to serve their readers newspapers highlight some information and de-emphasize the rest. But it’s dangerous for journalists to decide when to pull their punches on the basis of reputations. As a result, The Crimson tries to print the information its reporters know...
...like a titanium Powerbook that went through a compactor and got drenched in milky-white plastic. This is not a bad thing. The newcomer is 1.3 in. thick--a mere 0.3 in. deeper than the titanium model, yet has shed about 2 in. in length (meaning you can almost hide it under an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper). Its keyboard is still full-size, however, and the plastic-rubbery covering should scratch and stain even less than titanium...
...wanted to say. You don't understand. He was wishing that he could hide...
...partner, her other half. You need to know this about drugs: unlike people, drugs don't judge you or look at you too closely, too intimately. They don't ask you to reveal yourself or confide your secrets. They just take you away--far away; they let you hide, which is what frightened people want...
Whether a technology catches on with consumers depends on social conditions. For Americans, the gateway (no pun intended) to a connected world is the personal computer. PCs make sense for Americans, with their big houses. It's easy to hide that unlovely box of tricks somewhere out of sight--and use it in peace and quiet. But many Europeans and Japanese live in cramped apartments. For them, a PC not only overwhelms the living room, it also offers no privacy. Mobile phones, by contrast, are unobtrusive, as well as being a liberating way (especially for teenagers) to connect with friends...