Word: leape
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...ever seen it firsthand, you know it's true. HDTV really is that good, with a picture resolution six times as rich as ordinary analog TV--some 2 million pixels. Colors pop, and edges are crisp and distinct, revealing every hair and wrinkle. Enthusiasts call it a technological leap as momentous as the transition from vinyl to compact discs...
...family's instigation but keeps a flat in London. The relocations have made him feel like a constant outsider - in England because he is and in America because he prefers England - which helps his writing: "It allows you to see things differently. Things leap out at you." That perspective also fuels memorable comic moments, as in one of the funniest scenes in 2000's Down Under. Bryson is chased by wild dogs in the Australian outback but ends up suffering his worst injury at his own hands, when he conks himself on the head with a brick. Bryson has proved...
...Federal Government since the Truman Administration, was the biggest thing standing between a cranky lame-duck Senate and its holiday break. Lott got the deal he wanted, but the props speak to larger realities about the new department. It's a creature born of politics, haste and a leap of faith. President Bush initially rejected the concept, then embraced it last June amid revelations of large-scale pre-9/11 intelligence failures. But will merging 22 federal agencies into a single department whose primary mission is fighting terrorism actually make us any safer? Probably, the experts...
...thought. Narnia isn’t much of a leap to Hogwarts...
Byrnes, playing both receiver and running back, struggled to find holes and picked up only 39 yards on 18 carries. When Byrnes lined up at receiver, freshman Ryan Tyler—who leap-frogged senior Rodney Thomas and sophomores Williamson and Nick Carrington on the depth chart—got the carries. But Tyler was ineffective as well, gaining only 13 yards on five carries...