Word: hogged
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...Vista is expensive and a bit of a resource-hog. There are two versions targeted at home users : Basic ($199, which is about what OS X costs) and Premium ($239). (Note that Basic doesn't give you that nice pretty translucent look, which is Vista's most immediately appealing feature.) Most people won't buy Vista at retail, but you'll feel the burn somewhere in there whenever you buy your next computer. For the Premium edition Microsoft recommends a 1Ghz processor and 1GB of RAM, as well as a respectable graphics setup, but I think you'll need quite...
...pricey eats were an edible reminder that corporate Japan still has liquidity to burn. China's incredible growth may hog the headlines, but Japan is still the world's second-largest economy, and it's enjoying a resurgence. And the fact that this seems to have been forgotten by the world's first-largest economy remains a bit a sore point here. Or as one Diet member told me that day: "Hey! We're Number Two!" It's not that Japan wants a trade war again, but you know, it is nice to be noticed...
...back's final lesson is simple yet falls on deaf ears in a league full of showboaters: Don't hog the spotlight. Are you listening, Terrell Owens? "I don't like the attention," Tomlinson says. "It's annoying at times." Although he would still be the league's top player on almost any other team, LT showers constant praise on his teammates, and the endless accolades he receives cause him consternation. When the best player in football suppresses his ego, how can anyone else call attention to himself? "It's learned behavior," says Chargers tight end Antonio Gates...
CONTEMPLATING HOG HEAVEN WITH GEORGE...
...Latino immigrant workers at Smithfield, the world's largest hog-processing plant, are not union members. But a month ago nearly 1,000 of them walked off the job for two days, protesting hundreds of recent firings in a crackdown on undocumented workers. The company quickly capitulated and agreed to rehire the workers, and made other concessions, like meeting with the workers' representatives and agreeing that no one would be disciplined for the walkout...