Word: vision
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Camdessus: It would be extremely serious, not only for the world but for the country itself. After all, what we have agreed with Indonesia was not some theoretical vision of the world. It was the well-thought-out program we agreed was in the best interests of Indonesia. To renounce this now would be to renounce an undertaking seen by the entire world as the best course for the country...
...showing up to section with glasses. In late-night jaunts to the laundry room, countless more wore spectacles, admitting that they are closet contact-lens wearers. Friends began to complain how their vacation time would be dominated by trips to the optometrist and to pick out frames. My poor vision, for once, was not at fault; that number of eyes cannot be wrong. Harvard dorms are dangerously dim and campus vision is at stake...
West also noted the influence of the larger culture on the two groups' vision of each other...
Palm also conducted more conventional research with focus groups, but Hawkins' original vision turned out to be uncannily close to the final product. Its internal functions were designed with the same practicality. He invented his own simple shorthand system, called Graffiti, because handwriting-recognition software was too unreliable. (Since everyone writes letters differently, he reduced some of the most troublesome letters to basic elements: an A looks like an upside-down V, and an F resembles an upside-down L.) He powered the Pilot with AAA batteries, available everywhere. And he settled on four function buttons--for calendar, addresses...
...Wets don't deliver bubbling effusions of unconditional happiness. In fact, the majority of the songs on 10address the everpopular themes of lost love, abused love, tragic love, and confused love. But the music is optimistic. The rhythms are cheerful, and the lyrics are hopeful. This is not a vision of disillusioned youth...