Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...M.I.T. Impressive too are his moral sensibilities. He mentions that he has invented an underwater breathing device, then notes that divers could use it to sneak up on enemy ships and sink them. So he destroyed it, he says, lest "the evil nature of men" turn it into an instrument of death. Half a millennium later, he clearly remains a man ahead of his time...
...smart highway never arrives and we have to drive ourselves to work indefinitely, it is likely that we'll be supported by an array of sophisticated gadgetry that would dazzle Henry Ford. One antidrowsiness system developed by Nissan, for instance, uses a video camera mounted on the instrument panel to count the frequency and duration of the driver's blinks to determine if he or she is getting dangerously sleepy. To rouse a dozing driver, the system sounds an electronic beeper while a disembodied female voice advises the driver to "please take a rest." Meanwhile, a blast of lemon...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "When you see a tank, you obviously see a horrible, destructive instrument of war...I see a deterrent, security, something that will ensure the stability of peace...
However, the more likely reason for this trend in voting is the way people view the office of president. The instrument of change is only incidental to the changes themselves. The president is only a platform of ideas; the face in front of the platform of ideas; the face in front of the plarform is not very important. He must be able to conduct himself with proper etiquette, present a somewhat photogenic yet presidential appearance and spell potato correctly. Other than that, the ideas presented in the conventions and in paid advertisements are what people are voting...
...time has come for the international community to work toward the achievement of a general international instrument of a binding nature against terrorism," Boutros-Ghali said...