Word: shelfful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bears from admirers landed at her feet in Toronto, she begged, ''Just throw soft things at me, please.'' But Madonna is no Garland or Monroe, a prisoner to her neuroses. This is a woman in complete control of her career, canny about her image and ever protective of her shelf life. She made millions from going too far; it's just that for a while she went too too far. Now it is time for her to step back and appraise -- what else? -- herself. The result is Girlie Show, an essay in retro show biz. As another star with some...
...Stanford Physicist Sidney Drell, why has the Administration dropped all funding for the one defensive system now known to be an effective terminal defense: nuclear-tipped interceptor missiles? Though he personally does not favor an active missile defense, Drell questioned the logic of diverting money from available off-the-shelf technology and using it to chase Reagan's dream of a multilayered shield against all Soviet missiles. Protecting specific targets, be they cities or silos, is not a new idea. Every President from Eisenhower to Nixon considered some kind of terminal defense, said M.I.T. Engineering Professor Jack Ruina, who began...
...original iPhone was a high-tech indulgence. From its gorgeous touchscreen to its classy Web browser, it set a new bar for the look and feel of mobile phones. Naysayers nitpicked about its technical shortcomings - and its top-shelf price - but its breakthrough design won it millions of fans nonetheless...
...Shelf space in a chain like Whole Foods is the holy grail for culinary entrepreneurs. Most fail. Whole Foods evaluates hundreds of new products every month and rejects about 85% of them...
...What we don't want is that information to lie on a shelf somewhere gathering dust," Mitchell said. "Surely it's only humane and decent that information that could help find Madeleine comes to the investigators who will keep looking for her even if the police feel they can't." The McCanns will appear in a British High Court on July 7 to request that police files be released...