Word: instantness
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...body. He stood unsteadily, and, with his back towards her, pulled up his trousers, which were drooping at his ankles. He fastened his belt in silence and left the room without a word—stepping over her naked body on his way out the door. For an instant, Felicity lay there numbly. Then, with a curse, she picked herself off the floor and pulled her crumpled peignoir around her aching, unfulfilled flesh. He had done it on purpose, Felicity realized, furious. All he had wanted was to torment...
...PROS: The combined entities are worth more together than they are apart, which is a plus for investors. Together, they would have the most instant messenger users, the buzziest celebrity news site (AOL's TMZ.com), a leading business site (Yahoo Finance), along with a popular tech blog, (AOL's Engadget). The cash infusion from Time Warner (in exchange for a 20% stake in Yahoo/AOL), would enable Yahoo to buy back some of its stock, which would likely elevate its stock price. "The chief benefit to Yahoo is the avoidance of a Microsoft deal," notes analyst Greg Sterling...
...PROS: The combined audience and advertising networks of Yahoo and Microsoft might finally have a shot at knocking Google from its number one spot. What's more, the software giant would essentially control the entire instant messaging landscape, creating a new kind of interoperability that could lead to more innovation and a fresh revenue stream...
Although it remains far from Weimar Republic levels, inflation in Zimbabwe today hovers around 10,000 percent annually. The same political favorites that control seized farms, however, can still get American dollars at the official rate, making instant and gargantuan profits. As in any inflationary crisis, middle and lower class workers with fixed salaries suffer most, and according to some estimates, a third of the country now depends on the World Food Program for daily sustenance. Unbelievably, life expectancy in Zimbabwe has declined 30 years in just over a decade...
...they were generally unimpressed with the new feature. “I don’t like it, but I’m not a big fan of chatting,” Alexandra M. Wilcox ’11 said. “Google ripped off AIM [America Online Instant Messenger] anyway.” Other students said they agreed that Facebook was not directly copying Gmail. “It’s not ripping off Google,” said Alex B. Lipton ’11. Facebook declined to comment about the new chat feature and Google...