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...banged vigorously and repeatedly on a table or floor without breaking. That's not the only advantage of the new material, which Arc has dubbed Kwarx (the formula is a trade secret). The color of wine is said to be more faithfully perceived because of Kwarx's perfect neutrality on the chromatic scale, and the material has been used in a new range of Arc wineglasses called Open Up - a reference to their ability to "open up" the aroma of wines being served...
...there was a way to highlight content better with blogs. I don't think that blogs are easy to navigate just yet. When I go to a blog I 'm like, show me a post that is most representative of this blog. I don't think that it's perfect and I don't think that blogs will be the end-all, be-all for publishing software. I think there is a lot of innovation that could happen and will. I think this is all very young...
...think, now the world will love it! And then, 10 years later, they love it. But if I was more patient, if I said, "I'm going to build this great water machine or this great power source," and I know if do it just right, and it's perfect, I'll be all excited and finish it, and now I just have to wait till I'm 65 years old before anybody uses it, I wouldn't have the energy to get up in the morning and try. You have to get up believing you're going to push...
...Illusionist, based on a story by Steven Millhauser, is the perfect title for any movie that wants you to consider the first principle of cinema: take nothing you see for granted. Same goes for the film's title character, Eisenheim (Edward Norton), who astonishes Vienna theatergoers of a century ago with his subtle sleight of hand. In an instant, this sorcerer can make an orange tree sprout from a seed. He can stick a saber on a floor that strong men are unable to dislodge. Perhaps he can bring the dead back to life. You are welcome to conclude that...
Regular people are often more comfortable assessing risk than officialdom expects. They may not be perfect at it, but they do it every day. Nancy Bort of Arlington, Va., landed at Washington's Dulles International Airport on the first flight from London Heathrow after the arrests. The plane arrived nearly two hours late, and the passengers emerged clutching plastic bags for their passports and not much else. But Bort was unfazed. "I still think I have a greater chance of being hurt in a car accident than getting killed by a terrorist," she said...