Word: unclear
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rate, it's unclear how effective industrial-era antitrust law can be in an age when any enterprising teen can, in theory, invent a new word processor on his laptop and kick Word's butt. The Web is the ultimate free market, whose invisible hand works with irresistible force, even on what seem to be immovable objects...
...hated the idea of a V chip in your television, wait until you hear that the government wants to install one in your computer. TIME has learned that the FCC has proposed that new PCs be outfitted with a V chip to filter out video violence and sex. Still unclear is what Net broadcasts could be affected. The idea alarms free-speech advocates, who wonder why Americans need a Net-nanny. "What you get is a devolution of the First Amendment," argues lawyer Bob Corn-Revere. FCC chairman REED HUNDT says the high-tech industry can "be part...
...better for Gatti, whose career first seized him at the age of 13. Studying at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan propelled him towards what he calls "a magic meeting," though whether the meeting was with destiny or his future wife, Sylvia, a fellow student at the Conservatory, is unclear. In either case, Gatti has moved forward from that magic meeting to the pinnacle of musical acclaim. One needs only to watch him at work to realize how sincere Daniel Gatti is when he says, "I am very happy to do what I am doing...
...remainder of the novel, presumably because these visions help to chronicle Han's transition, even within her lifetime, from a mortal to a goddess. This technique also results in a great deal of befuddlement for the reader; the line between a stylistic intent and a confused style becomes unclear. Events may occur rather believably in one chapter, before being contradicted when reality is revealed in the next...
...right one of these days," McBride said of the intricate new Redman original, conceding its difficulty. "Off Center" is marked by a relatively simple melody repeated over a complex, busy rhythm figure, which combine to make the time signature of the head of the piece somewhat unclear. While the band had been tastefully restrained up till then, the solo section of "Off Center" gave the band members, particularly Blade, a chance to really come alive. Redman saw fit to change the timbre of his playing and force honks and cries from his horn. Blade got his first solo...