Word: smartly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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American Dreaming by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who, besides inventing himself as a Hollywood celebrity, invented Las Vegas as the playground for our more primitive fantasies. Warren Beatty and Annette Bening are terrific in director Barry Levinson's smart-ironic, romantic-perverse, funny-poignant take on modern life in a fast, deadly lane...
American Dreaming by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who, besides inventing himself as a Hollywood celebrity, invented Las Vegas as the playground for our more primitive fantasies. Warren Beatty and Annette Bening are terrific in director Barry Levinson's smart-ironic, romantic-perverse, funny-poignant take on modern life in a fast, deadly lane...
TECHNOLOGY For the smart handyman, now there are smart tools...
...electronics revolution is starting to work its magic in the workshop. Tools that date back to the Iron Age can now take advantage of two decades of technological advances, including lightweight rechargeable batteries, custom- made computer chips, liquid-crystal readouts and semiconductor sensors. Result: a new generation of smart tools that promise to bring the benefits of the computer age to those who like to work with their hands...
...those same technologies -- and a few new ones -- are finding their way into tools used by weekend do-it-yourselfers, a group swelled by large numbers of electronics-savvy baby boomers. Some of these tools, like the electronic tire gauge, may be too smart for their own good, and will probably go the way of most overpriced gimmicks. But a few, including the digital level and the electromagnetic stud finder, actually make tough jobs easier to do. And if a smart tool can do that, there will always be people smart enough...