Word: statically
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...Posterscope. On trial at the company's headquarters: a billboard that changes ads depending on the gender of the person standing in front of it. Davies says the demo gets it right 95% of the time. The billboard as a medium is changing rapidly too, as outdoor agencies transform static boards into digital light-emitting-diode (led) or liquid-crystal-display (lcd) screens that flash new images every few seconds. The dynamic screens allow marketers to fine-tune their messages, depending on the time of day. Lamar Advertising, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has converted 75 vinyl highway boards into...
That last one is a particularly telling query. Restraint of curiosity is not a virtue much trumpeted in the West today. That may help explain both why Opus' membership levels appear to have remained static in the U.S. over the past few decades and, perhaps, why it has attracted so much negative energy. "I don't believe Opus Dei is either a [cult] or a mafia or a cabal," a senior prelate of another religious community in Rome told TIME. It is just that "their approach is preconciliar. They originated prior to the Second Vatican Council, and they...
...exactly 7:45 p.m. at the nation’s oldest college library, and Camille I. Johnson ’06-’07 is sitting in an upholstered chair, reading a book. Suddenly, a loud beep shatters the silence of Widener. After a few seconds of static, an automated female voice proclaims that the hour of closing is nigh. Johnson does not look up—she has heard the recorded message so many times it has ceased to have any meaning. Johnson’s uncomprehending reply does not surprise Frank E. Oglesby, Deputy Director for Customer...
...rainbow/streets” was impressionistic, combining short scenes, monologues, song, and dance to present an image of being young and black in America. The last scene’s lack of context highlighted the main downside of this approach: a lack of growth and a certain static quality to the characters and situations. This drawback, however, was more than offset by the play’s ability to present a wide variety of experiences and to shift rapidly between humor and pain without seeming forced, a far more difficult task to accomplish within a more traditional narrative. When less...
...asked himself a basic question: What percentage of kids who start at a high school finish? The answers led Greene and subsequent researchers around the country to place the national graduation rate at anywhere from 64% to 71%. It's a rate that most researchers say has remained fairly static since the 1970s, despite increased attention on the plight of public schools and a vigorous educational-reform movement...