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...Semenza. Adjusted for inflation, that's $6,700 today?comparable to the most advanced flat-screen TVs. The advent of the flat TV is seen by an electronics industry accustomed to razor-thin margins as a chance to reap some fat profits from a new technology. Japan's Sharp Corp. announced this month that sales of LCD TVs contributed to pushing up profits 40% in the first half of this fiscal year...
...which use electrically charged pixels of gas to create a picture?are cheaper than LCDs, and at sizes over 50 in. (127 cm), your only choice is plasma. But LCD technology, which involves creating a picture by passing light through charged crystals, is catching up. This month in Japan, Sharp wowed the crowd at a technology expo by unveiling a Ferrari-red 65-in. (165-cm) LCD TV, the world's largest. Prices of plasma TVs should fall as manufacturers build more efficient plants, but not as quickly as the prices...
...basically a larger version of the pixel-based technology used in computer monitors. PRO: Each new generation of LCDs looks sharper and costs less. CON: Problems with contrast and a slow refresh rate mean that for now, it's hard to make large-screen LCD TVs. HOT BRAND: Sharp...
Cambridge’s mind-boggling quotas stand in sharp contrast with the more straightforward elections system in place in New Haven, Conn., which is comparable to Cambridge in population and in the presence of elite higher education. The city is divided into thirty wards, each of which elects a representative to sit on the city council. More importantly, the way in which the wards are drawn virtually guarantees Yale students a voice in the operation of their city government, since the university’s residence halls and off-campus graduate students pack several wards. As a result, elected...
...increasing involvement is an attempt to push the process forward more quickly. “[He] wanted to make some progress,” says Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, who is not on the general education committee, and has been a sharp critic of the review...