Word: wanders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...operative who must infiltrate a dangerous place like Baghdad can practice his or her mission using a computer program called Envision, which takes millions of satellite photos and converts them to a virtual-reality video of the city. Rotating a computer joystick, the operative can manipulate the video to wander through streets, peer into alleys or reconnoiter buildings at ground level...
Kelly's production is decidedly cinematic. Characters wander in and out of scenes in which they have no lines, or make entrances onto the stage early, while the previous scene is ending. Violence is also staged particularly well, slowed down and warped by strobe lights for a nightmarishly stylized effect. The poise of the actors and their ability to make such innovative staging seem natural adds to the polish of this play...
...hazing about whether I'm old enough to drink, he pours me a glass. He's already banished his two sons to the Home Theater. They have cranked up the set-top box they got for Christmas. Patch this baby into your HDTV, and you can cruise the Metaverse, wander the Web and choose from among several user-friendly operating systems, each one rife with automatic help systems, customer-service hot lines and intelligent agents. The theater's subwoofer causes our silverware to buzz around like sheet-metal hockey players, and amplified explosions knock swirling nebulas of tiny bubbles loose...
Rydzynski said she suspects it was an inside job. "It's hard to imagine someone would just wander in here," she said. "Obviously, it had to be someone who knew where things were...
...appropriate at this point; run your fingers through your hair, light a cigarette or freestyle. Once your target knows there's something up, act casual. Although you may be impatient, it is crucial to appear disinterested for a period of time. Let them wonder, but never let them wander...