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...Crema, where he's still based, he pauses in his tour to point out the different shades of the cathedral's stonework: "It has taken seven centuries to produce this imperfection, which echoes the equally fascinating imperfection in our heads." But it's not merely a more optimistic spin that sets La Bella Figura apart. Rather, it's how intimately Severgnini discusses his countrymen - he makes you feel as if he's introducing you to old friends. Even though La Bella Figura poses as an introduction to the Italian mind, it's as much an introduction to the author, proving...
...Live" mean to you? It's about not worshiping technology for the sake of technology, but it also goes into the gender stuff on the site. Most tech sites that you find online are written by men and have a male appeal. Lifehacker has a feminine, girl-geek spin to it, but there's no pink or pictures of lipstick holders. I think that women - there have been studies - are interested in how technology can enhance their lives and not just for the cool factor. That's what Lifehacker is all about. Is it useful, is this meaningful, will...
...Toys and niche markets? This is not what Kamen-who still owns DEKA Research & Development Corp., the invention factory where Segway was born-expected from his baby. And he has tempered his Segway spin, though he still asserts that most major cities will ban cars from their downtown districts in 10 to 15 years. "As people become more sensitive to the global environment," he says, "and as energy becomes more expensive, people will decide that Segway is a very attractive alternative for certain specific niches." He concedes that they may well roll along beside a variety of equally clean...
...meeting with Professor Mosteller was my very first meeting with him,” said James W. Vaupel ’67, who was the first student to graduate with an undergraduate Statistics degree from Harvard.During one of Vaupel’s first meetings with Mosteller, the professor kept spinning a coin and recording whether it came up heads or tails, according to Vaupel.When Vaupel finally asked Mosteller why, “he gently explained that it was more random to spin a coin than to flip a coin, because a coin spun on a desk would spin many more...
...kissing is presented this year I will permit myself to exercise it as an option, especially with tongue, although I recognize that's not everyone's bag, especially not Sarah Watkinson's, who told everyone in sixth grade that I was the "worst kisser ever" during a spin-the-bottle game, even though I know for a fact she'd just kissed one other boy before me, and that was earlier in the game...