Word: sharpers
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...matter which way Europe goes - toward sharper opposition to America or common effort with it - the E.U. can't avoid the U.S. America's power and strategic reach make it a factor no matter what. But Europeans are pessimistic about the chances for improved relations with Washington. A new Time/cnn poll finds that 82% of those surveyed in Britain, France and Germany expect worldwide respect for the U.S. - now at an all-time low - to stay the same or get worse over the next four years; only 11% think it will improve. And many Europeans concur with Chirac and Zapatero...
Christmas will come. It comes every year. But it comes later every year as people take that last paycheck and go shopping. That means retailers have to be sharper in their offerings, so I think it will be very good for the consumer...
...True liquid-crystal display is basically a larger version of the pixel-based technology used in computer monitors. Pro Each new generation of LCDs looks sharper and costs less. Con Problems with contrast and a slow refresh rate mean that for now, it's hard to make large-screen...
...problem with participation-oriented work such as this seems to be that the value it offers to the viewer begins and ends in the participation. You wouldn’t be surprised to find a miniature version of a piece like “Wave” in a Sharper Image catalog or sitting on the desk of some executive. Which is not to say that playing with “Wave” isn’t fun, but rather that it is, ultimately, dumb. At its best this work offers a very immediate satisfaction, but they are more...
...native American hawked in half a hundred languages on all the world's crossroads from Arequipa to Zwolle is still strangely anomalous, somewhat like reading Dick Tracy in French or seeing a Japanese actor made up to look like Abraham Lincoln. But it is reassuring. It is also simpler, sharper evidence than the Marshall Plan or a Voice of America broadcast that the U.S. has gone out into the world to stay...