Word: magically
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...National Security Agency reluctantly made public an immense and successful effort by the U.S. to spy on its World War II allies. The documents, known as the "Magic intercepts," are decodings of the secret messages of 33 other nations, including France, Denmark, Mexico and the Netherlands. Britain and the Soviet Union were not represented...
...months Gina Cruz, a Manila grandmother, played Pepsi-Cola's Numbers Fever promotion lottery, buying several bottles a day and saving the caps, in the hope that one of the numbers printed inside would win her a 1 million peso ($40,000) prize. When the magic number, 349, was announced in May 1992, Cruz was overjoyed to find she had not one but two caps bearing the winning digits. She promptly fainted...
...price war, though, is only a symptom of more fundamental transformation taking place in the industry, not all of which will be to the advantage of the U.S. As the PC has changed from a magic black box to a run-of-the-mill commodity like a television set or a radio, so has the economics of the business. Since there is no mystery to the technology, PCs can be manufactured as well as priced like any other commodity. That fact has helped make computers a more global business, but it has also played into the hands of copycat...
What the show lacks is fantasy, the magic of the movie originals. The two hours are pleasant enough, but the energetic staging -- all of it in a shallow strip in front of the orchestra -- is uninspired. Without distinctive personalities or any sense of drama, a sameness sets...
...headlines could cure deadly diseases, then everyone would have rejoiced last week. Across the U.S., newspapers heralded the development by scientists from Bristol-Myers Squibb of a "smart bomb," or "magic bullet," against cancer. The weapon, a type of protein called a monoclonal antibody combined with an anticancer drug, has wiped out a wide variety of tumors in laboratory mice...