Word: sharp
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...fact, the whole debate operated a little like a love-fest between McCain and Bush, the other candidates trying to break up the happy couple with some sharp jabs which had little weight upon impact. McCain and Bush were so nice to each other you had to wonder whether they were running for the Republican presidential nomination or trying to get their "citizenship in the nation" boy-scout badge...
After battling back from a nine-point halftime deficit, the Harvard men's basketball team's gritty performance Saturday night was torpedoed by the sharp shooting of Navy point guard Chris Williams...
...made his first million by selling a design for an electronic translator to Sharp Corp. He was so absorbed in the process that he forgot to wheel his Porsche over to Berkeley city hall for his own wedding. He founded Softbank Corp. in Tokyo in 1981. Legend has it that after he stood atop a crate and ranted about the company's future domination of the PC industry, his first two employees quit on the spot. Despite that vote of no confidence, Softbank went on to become Japan's leading software distributor...
...analysis. The best part came when we asked our candidates to describe FM in three adjectives. We got some eyebrow-raising responses: "blase," "slick," "sexy," "caffeinated," "unpredictable," "hip," "light," "fast-paced," "revealing," "witty," "lighthearted," "authoritative," "entertaining," "original" and "flashy," they supplied. Last year around this time, my application proposed "sharp," "ironic" and "disenchanted." FM has changed, and I don't know what...
DESKTOPS Macs are back, PCs rev up 90 NOTEBOOKS Ultralight power play 93 HANDHELDS Wireless Web access now 96 CELL PHONES Going digital with care 100 PRINTERS, SCANNERS Sharp and cheap 102 SOFTWARE Utility players and Y2K 105 GAMES The age of total immersion 107 HOME THEATER On the verge of HDTV 110 DIGITAL CAMERAS True sophistication...