Word: hybrids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many ways, Wynn is a hybrid of the old and new Las Vegas. He came to Las Vegas at a time when banks like Thomas' relied for some of their deposits on the Mob-controlled Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. But Wynn was also one of the first Las Vegas entrepreneurs to turn to Milken's junk bonds when it came time to build Atlantic City's Golden Nugget. He still refers to a casino as "the joint." But he was also the first in the business to decide to turn up the lights on the casino floor...
Interactive technology could, moreover, give rise to a hybrid of advertising and infomercials. Viewers could order up lengthier, information-packed ads for such products as insurance or automobiles the same way they order up programming. "When you get ready to buy a car," predicts Geoff Holmes, Time Warner's senior vice president for technology, "you could literally call up the showroom of each of the major car dealers and do a sort of 15-minute browse." Video classifieds could be next: simply scroll through the house listings and call up the ones that interest you for a full video presentation...
...inkling of what the future may hold comes from Protein Polymer Technologies, a small San Diego firm that is attempting to transform this notion of biomimicry into commercial technology. The company's first product, intended for use in medical research, is a hybrid composed of silkworm protein and fibronectin, a blood protein that promotes cell adhesion. When painted onto plastic sheets, the hybrid provides a high-quality medium for growing cells in the lab. Soon the company hopes to add to its product line other protein-based coatings, including ones that give cheap polyester the luxurious feel of silk...
...greatness). Lam's father was Chinese, his mother the daughter of a slave from the Congo. (Spain did not abandon slavery in its Caribbean colonies until 1886.) He grew up hearing African languages spoken all around him, and his godmother was a priestess of a Santeria cult, a hybrid form of Christianity and African worship...
...South" instead of "Messina." This leads to baffling conundrums: where do you find the balconies and gardens on a riverboat? Why are war-weary veterans holidaying on the water with the governor of Messina? What kind of steamer comes complete with a crypt? This hare-brained Steamboat Willie hybrid smacks of direction for direction's sake...