Word: wearings
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...Between my childhood and my daughter's, we've had various revolutions, feminist, sexual, technological. Sex became dangerous again: you may be less likely to get pregnant but more likely to get an STD. When I was in school, it was a major breakthrough when we were permitted to wear pants to class in the winter. I now see girls heading to school who appear to have forgotten to get dressed at all that morning. We were told if we worked really hard, we could accomplish anything boys could; now it would never occur to girls to think otherwise...
...able to obtain their own scans as well. Some fragile books or books so old that they might be damaged by the uploading process will not be available, but these books would not be easily available under the old system either. Those books that face growing damage or wear problems, on the other hand, will actually be preserved by the system as the books will remain in the care of the libraries...
...typical laptop LCD screen, they won’t go dark when you turn your head away from perpendicular. But the coolest aspect of all is that they can be “printed,” using an inkjet printer, onto other materials. That means you can wear a shirt with a video on it. Or roll up your screen and put it in your pocket. A few years down the line it might even be economical to create newspapers with moving images imbedded into the page à la Harry Potter...
...don’t call ourselves defending champs, and some of us have said we’re not going to wear our rings,” Tay says. “We want to be the sole champions...
...feel it was more likely to be directed by the ghost of Andy Warhol than photographer Autumn de Wilde. This style is all part of the point, of course. What Beck seems to be saying is that, though mankind may be doomed, we can still relive the 60s, wear ludicrous clothing, and have a puzzling fascination with white accessories. And, as long as we can do that and listen to fantastically groovy songs like this, who cares if we’re all going to die? —Chris R. Kingston