Word: propsed
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A new Human Nature study entitled “Mobile Phones as Lekking Devices Among Human Males,” suggests that cell phones also serve as male props for a theatrical New Economy mating game. (A “lek” is, in nature, an area where males...
Since Sidibé and Keïta are both commercial photographers, the use of props assumes a central role in their works. The props—which range from goats to radios, alarm clocks and scooters—are usually used as signs of affluence and prosperity. Such props have...
One way for Asia's governments to ease the pain would be to finish cleaning up the mess left over from the 1997 debacle. In Thailand, many companies that ran into problems still haven't repaid their loans, leaving banks unwilling to lend to more viable firms. Korea has done...
Geocaching is a new sport made possible by a satellite-based technology called GPS (global positioning system), which enables users to pinpoint their exact latitude and longitude on the earth's surface to an absurd number of decimal places. Last year early adopters in the Portland, Ore., area began hiding...
Giddins works overtime to give Bing his props and chops. He sees the Crosby style as an extension and domestication of Armstrong's pioneering, growling scatmanship. He notes that in 1927 Bing haunted the Chicago boîtes where Satch was wowing the hip world with his innovations as a...