Word: zippier
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...Asus Eee PC 1000HE Taiwanese tech titan Asus has mastered the art of making teensy, high-performance PCs. The 1000HE ($530) has a zippier processor than its rivals (making for smooth HD video playback) and a 9.5-hour battery. But that all adds bulk - at 3.2 lb (1.5 kg), it's one of the heaviest netbooks around. www.asus.com...
...program consultant on the series, is called Frankenbiting. And it happens more often than you may suspect. Frankenbites, he says, are the work of "desperate people who had to deliver a story in a few days"--producers under pressure to deliver a tidy story that's zippier than real reality...
...elephantine Alexander, or when technological gewgaws abduct the magic of fantasy in films like The Polar Express, where can a curious cinephile go? China. That's where director Zhang Yimou blended history book with graphic novel in the worldwide hit Hero, and whence he returns with the even zippier, more cunning kung fu caper, House of Flying Daggers...
...week with a base sticker price of $17,000 that echoes the spirit of the original (1960 price: $1,700). The new Mini is produced by BMW, which bought struggling Mini maker Rover in 1994. The standard Mini has always been underpowered, but auto critics are raving about a zippier new 163-h.p. version, available this summer. Want electronic navigation or a six-speaker CD player? No problem. Personalize it with 100 color and trim combinations, from shift knobs to stripes and fender flares...