Word: statically
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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With Bush's defenses against the recounts threatening to crumble, Republicans are second-guessing his static, defensive strategy. Instead of running out the clock and relying on Harris, why hadn't his team pushed for hand counts in Republican counties where he might pick up more votes? His aides explained that doing so would destroy his argument against Gore's recounts and that even in counties Bush had won, their analysis showed more miscast ballots came from Democrats than Republicans. Whatever that may say about the aptitude of voters from the two parties, it told Bush's people that demanding...
...paragraph progresses, she gradually decreases the spacing between the red words for an effect of velocity and acceleration. The blurred-up effect towards the bottom of each piece gives you a feel of the rush of a hot rod screaming by and definitely disrupts the usual static nature of written text. Prince uses mail-order car hoods to create spare sculptures. They are painted with smooth, pastel shades of lime green and orange, giving the pieces a quiet sense of prettiness that subdues their actual use as parts of flaming hot rods. The contrast is striking and evocative. Finally, Fleury...
...their Nobel for proving that plastics (or polymers) can be manipulated into a conductive state. The Nobel judges call the discovery critical not only to chemists and physicists, but also to ordinary folk; the conductive polymers are already in use on cell phone displays; in photo labs, where anti-static substances are applied to film; and in electromagnetic radiation shields on computer screens...
...there. Without the din of blaring taxi horns and swearing bike messengers, New York City can seem almost tranquil. At least it did to me--and a few dozen tourists--one afternoon last week before I whipped out six walkie-talkies and broke the spell with crackling static and a round of shrill beeps. I felt a little guilty...
...radio service) with 14 main channels and 38 subcodes (or subchannels). Voice activation, channel scanning and scrambling to keep eavesdroppers at bay are also handy. If you plan to use the radios often, it's worth investing at least $100 a pair. Nothing's worse than an earful of static...