Word: instants
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...real name was Georges Remi; his pseudonym comes from the French pronunciation of his inverted initials, R.G. He was just 21 when he created Tintin, who made his debut in January 1929 in the children's newspaper Le Petit Vingtième. The comic strip was an instant success. Readers lapped up the stories of Tintin's adventures, which Hergé filled with quick wit and rich personalities (enthusiasts say he should be recognized as a literary great). They were illustrated in a style that Hergé perfected called ligne Claire, or clear line: simple lines of almost uniform thickness...
...Read "Instant Wii Play...
...Amidst these changes, we have grown up as a generation of instant gratification. The simultaneous rise of video technology and online news sources has engendered a profound sense of nostalgia—not entirely unjustified—lamenting the disintegration of our national discourse into one of soundbytes and an American youth plagued by generational ADD. After observing a teenager’s impatience with the sloth of text messaging, comedian Louis CK commented wryly, “Your message is going to space. Give it a second.” Moreover, our vocabulary has come to reflect the speed...
Without a doubt, Baise has made an instant impact on the volleyball program. If his first-season success proves to be any indication of just how much Baise can achieve as a coach, it could be only a matter of time before Harvard solidifies its status as one of the premier programs in the league...
...Worked with artists from Ike and Tina Turner ("River Deep-Mountain High") to the Ramones (End of the Century) to Leonard Cohen (Death of a Ladies' Man) and the Beatles - both as a group (Let It Be) and individually (John Lennon's "Instant Karma" and "Imagine," George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord...