Word: virtually
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...Doing the Old King Tut King Tutankhamen [May 23] has fascinated people since the uncovering of his magnificent tomb more than 82 years ago, and now modern technology has allowed us to put a virtual face on the legendary Pharaoh. In the late 1970s, an exhibition of artifacts from his tomb toured U.S. museums. We described the show's appeal?and the resulting crass commercialization?in an Oct. 3, 1977, report...
...recommend a suitable penalty every year until the cigarette makers stop their misdeeds. Ted Wells, a lawyer for Philip Morris USA, calls the plan a "last-minute, desperate attempt" to save the case. But Justice lawyers say that far from staging a retreat, they are betting on the "virtual certainty" that the tobacco industry won't change its ways in one year and thus will be liable for steep penalties for years to come. --By Brian Bennett
With junior-to-be Drew Casey a virtual lock to step in for Mann—a two-time Ivy first-teamer—behind the plate, left field is the only spot in the lineup without a solidified starter...
...this moment of crisis, these series swing into place like a virtual social safety net. (All we're missing is a reality show on which 10 seniors compete to get their pensions restored.) And there are plenty of takers. In the Three Wishes pilot, the townspeople line up in droves to pitch their wishes to producers, like peasants petitioning a medieval lord. "The whole parking lot is filled with people humbling themselves asking for a hand," Grant says. "It's a beautiful thing...
...fill the hangar of an aircraft carrier. Chang's perceptive photos showed the ordinary, exhausted people buried beneath the heavy makeup, the costumes, the confetti, the expectations. In his newest book Double Happiness, Chang digs deeper, documenting the made-to-order marriages of Taiwan men and their Vietnamese brides?virtual strangers until the day they...