Word: tap
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...whopping 40% of the world's consumer cell phones, almost 180 million last year. Yet even mighty Nokia risks developing an achilles' heel - namely, the soon-to-be-hot corporate market. Fortune 500 companies are desperate for phones that double as computers so travelling execs can tap into corporate data from afar. "It's an important growth market, and Nokia is worried that the PC guys like Microsoft are coming into that space as computers and phones converge," says London-based International Data...
Though KSG dean searches have historically led to internal appointments, members of the school’s faculty predict that Summers—given his broad experience in federal government—might tap a former or current public official for the post...
...Zimmerman, who teaches a course on "Gender and Popular Culture in Japan" for Wellesley college's Japanese department, sees shojo's appeal from a more distanced perspective. "Shojo manga are popular because they tap into the social obstacles and challenges that girls face: feeling excluded by cliques, having crushes on boys, and often wrestling with issues of their own sexuality," she wrote me in an email from Japan. She continued, "But they are also popular because they present a glossy image of a different kind of existence where everyone dresses up fashionably and looks cute...
...battles nowadays," says dancer Wade Robson, 21, creator of the eponymous MTV show (he also plays himself in You Got Served). "Its foundations are in b-boy culture, but now these dancers are also incredible gymnasts, and they incorporate all styles of dance, from tap to salsa...
...worldwide now make drugs in Ireland, largely because of tax incentives. Pfizer's Lipitor for cholesterol, the largest-selling drug in the world, is made in Ireland. So too is Viagra, for erectile dysfunction. AstraZeneca's Nexium, for heartburn and acid reflux, comes from Sweden, France and other countries. TAP Pharmaceutical Products' Prevacid, another brand prescribed for heartburn and acid reflux, comes from Japan. Because of the rapid rise in drug imports, especially from Ireland, Britain and Germany, the U.S. balance of trade in pharmaceuticals has tipped sharply into deficit. During the early 1990s, according to the U.S. International Trade...