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...cause a torrent of wealth to leave Japan and push international stock markets higher (or at least put a floor under their decline). But it would also mean a lower yen and thus more attractive Japanese exports. Though other economies might be leery of that, Courtis suggested they should prefer a low yen to a deeply indebted Japan. "You can't have it both ways," he said...
...hero in big swoony technotrash but by finding weird corners and gray areas in troubled teens in small, off-Broadwayish movies. He was a critics' darling before he was a heartthrob. The easy ingratiation he paraded in Titanic is one of his gifts, but not the most notable. We prefer his off-kilter choice of projects, his perfect pitch within so many of the characters he's played...
...house. This wall's surface, made of a composite of glass and resin, changes between transparency and opacity. Running parallel to it is a "digital" wall that can be used as a projection screen, conveying blown-up views of the occupants' everyday life. Should the residents of the house prefer more conventional privacy, digital messages could be projected on this wall, ranging from advertising slogans to exhibitions of the owners' video-art collection. Tired of sitting in the living room? Don't get up; just change the picture on the wall...
...spend leisure time--not for me. The closer the World Wide Web seems to bring us together, the truly farther apart we are. It's simply too safe, too anonymous and too antiseptic. All those numbers, dots and letters. Some messy inkblots, please. Who doesn't prefer ripping open a sealed envelope...
...honesty, I can't say I wholeheartedly support the idea that the house lights should go down at the beginning of a theatrical production. It's not that I actually prefer productions where the audience is as visible as the actors. I've only been at two shows in recent memory where that was actually the case: one at the New Globe Theater in London (which by its very nature makes it impossible to turn down the non-existent house lights) and one at the American Repertory Theater (where the house lights only stayed up for the first 20 minutes...