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...Shakespeare’s works and thereby the overall influences of literature in our modern culture. It would be unfair to merely say that Garber’s newest text doesn’t disappoint; it is rich with insight and with humor, bringing to life (for the thousandth time, perhaps, but with new light) these texts and stories, taking readers beyond the “to be or not to be.” Whether we know it or try to deny it, Shakespeare’s works have shaped the ways we view the world. It may just...
...nothing. But his colleagues and financial backers believe in him. Cross Match, a privately held company, plans to put Scott's device, called the Authorizer, into production sometime this fall, charging $10 or so a copy. The gray film, a piece of plastic-coated acoustic ceramic one-ten-thousandth of an inch thick, is for Authorizer's touch pad, to be embedded in a cell phone. To make a credit-card transaction, say, a buyer presses his finger to the touch pad, triggering an imperceptible pulse of energy that makes the film oscillate. The resulting ultrasound image is captured...
...However persuasive his arguments, Joseph's task may be Canute-like. In June, China banned shops throughout the country from giving out free plastic bags and banned the production, sale and use of any plastic bags less than one-thousandth of an inch thick. Bhutan banned the bags on the grounds that they interfered with national happiness. Ireland has imposed a hefty 34-cent fee for each bag used. Both Uganda and Zanzibar have banned them, as have 30 villages in Alaska. Scores of countries have imposed or are considering similar measures...
...like we had a ruler with only half-inches on it,” said Szentgyorgyi, an associate of the Harvard College Observatory. The astro-comb “gives you lots and lots of ticks on you ruler, it’s like having rulings of a thousandth of an inch.” The scientists say they will test the device this summer at the Mt. Hopkins Observatory in Arizona in preparation for use as part of a joint operation by Harvard and the University of Geneva that will be based in the Canary islands. The New Earths...
...advertising revenue. Despite a few recent successes, the Indian national side is still a minnow in the pool of world football. It's ranked a woeful 145th overall by FIFA, football's global governing body, and 24th in Asia - 13 spots below Bahrain, whose population is less than one-thousandth of India...