Word: layering
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...think of Robert Mugabe? He's a monstrous little terror. Mbeki from South Africa supports him and a lot of the other black leaders have only just decided that he's bad. They don't like to criticize one of their own. Mugabe has created a caste, a layer of people just like himself who are corrupt and crooked. It's not a question of just getting rid of Mugabe and everything will be alright because...
...Seemingly overnight, IBM was supplanted by Microsoft and its Windows operating system as the PC revolution took hold. Windows, in turn, is now losing its power as the Web - owned by no one, accessible to all - becomes the dominant platform. (Yes, the Web is nothing more than a big layer of code; all those websites we visit are merely applications that sit atop...
...Social is the new black," says Joe Kraus, who oversees Google's efforts to build out a social layer that runs across the entire Web. In this, as in all things that Google does, Kraus' strategy has been to create an alliance of social networks that will use open standards rather than Facebook's proprietary network and coding language, so that developers can spread their applications...
Those actions constitute a frightening new layer of hardship for those living in already devastated regions, many of whom are dependent on foreign aid for survival. The study implicated staff at every level of aid and peacekeeping organizations, from guards to senior managers, and "a mix of local, national and international personnel, including staff described as 'black,' 'white,' "foreign' and 'local' people." The overwhelming majority of offenders were men, and most victims girls. Peacekeeping troops were reported as abusers more often than aid workers, but this could be due to the far greater number of troops and higher rates...
...play not as a character but as a kind of chorus. Interlaced throughout the script are comments about the creative process which director David Radok has Havel himself voice as the actors freeze on stage. The effect is odd, at first but, in the end adds a fitting layer of ironic detachment. Characteristically, Havel's main stage direction during the play is to tell his actors not to overact. On opening night, in the final scene, after the cast exits back stage on a elevator-like device rising skyward, leaving the theater hauntingly still and dark, Havel's gravelly voice...