Word: perfective
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...entire world comes together for the Olympics, making the Games seem a perfect platform for plugging a product or, better yet, boosting a cause. With 2,600 competitors from 82 countries gathering for the Winter Games in Torino, Italy, everyone from peaceniks to members of crochet collectives is trying to share some of the spotlight...
...house or pull back for a broad view of the city or the country or the world. Google is trying to figure out how to make money from the free service, and for now it is throwing engineers at the problem. It's similar to Google's origins: first perfect the technology, then figure out the business plan. Ohazama gets reports from a series of team members: a woman has figured out how to superimpose U.S. hiking trails on the images. Another is adding in ferry routes. A third reports he's struggling to get data on the terrain...
...dusty albums by Oasis, Super Furry Animals, the Prodigy and Bloc Party to remind themselves that the Brits routinely mistake mediocrity for greatness. Here's the thing, though: this time there's no mistake. Whatever People Say I Am, due out in the U.S. on Feb. 21, isn't perfect, but it's a great rock album that spotlights a new lyricist who is whip smart, funny and appealingly dangerous. He does a lot to restore faith in rock's future...
...dinner with Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg and received 300 speaking invitations a week, things are going well for you as a freshman Senator. So you might forgive Barack Obama for being cautious in his first year on Capitol Hill. Why should he risk blemishing an almost perfect public persona that could help him win the presidency one day? But last month Obama finally found his cause: he wanted to lead Democrats in the push for lobbying and ethics reform. The issue seemed perfect for him. It's high profile because of the Jack Abramoff scandal. And it plays...
...crucial layups. When Rollins’ free throw trickled in at 3:21 to end the drought, the Crimson was staring at a 55-44 deficit. A steal-foul attempt by Harvard put the Tigers on the line 13 times in the final two minutes, but Princeton went a perfect 13-of-13 from the charity stripe to bury any Crimson hope of a last-second comeback in New Jersey. “We’ve been having a hard time putting two halves together,” Rollins said. “We were...