Word: mirroring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...theory of electronic finance these days. One school of theorists, led by Chaum, argues that electronic cash needs to be "one-way anonymous" so that people transferring money can always see where it goes, while people receiving money won't know where it comes from. This one-way-mirror transfer solves some of the problems of paper money, since it makes it easier to keep track of where money is spent and why. But who really wants to leave "money tracks" wherever he goes...
...intense. The stomach and butt squeeze, the legs and arms reach. Pilates promises that you'll feel better in 10 visits, look better in 20 and have a new body in 30. Those who try it say it's true. "I'm naked and standing in front of the mirror," reports Belle, who's done Pilates for a year. "My stomach is tighter. The butt is higher and firmer. I'm more streamlined...
...many of whom are still using disposables. "Women aren't as evolved as shavers," he explains. Women's razors, Cowhig says, need even more research than men's, because they're used in the shower and in various ways, including in "some places they can't see in a mirror." Here his beam becomes a blush. It's hard to hide how you feel when you're one of the best-shaven men on the planet...
...only do the crosstown rivals' records mirror each other, their games are always competitive. The Huskies beat the Crimson, 6-3, last May at Northeastern, but Harvard evened the score last month with a 9-8 victory in Florida...
...play requires active sympathy and reflection. The domestic conversation that constitutes the action of The Cocktail Party, sans British accents perhaps, could be exchanged in any of our parents' living rooms, but because it is part of a play, the dialogue has been objectified, and thus is a mirror in which we see ourselves. But in this case, our reflection has been rearranged and ostensibly given some "design" and "meaning...