What would online shopping and auctions be like if you could look in on them at a glance, without all that power-on, boot-up, dial-in hoopla?

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See all messages received at a glance and listen to them in any order.

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In the meantime, a glance at the charts of economically-sensitive stocks and indexes tells you all you need to know about the near-term outlook for risk and expectations of cyclical growth.

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When flying using instruments alone, a situation in which clouds and turbulence can confound a pilot's sense of up and down, being able to take in all this information in one glance, instead of three, simplifies the pilot's task.

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It all looks nice at a passing glance, but as we gazed more closely, we noticed some wavy stitching in places on the dash, a loose seam on one of the sun visors and a number of pieces made from somewhat cheap-feeling plastic.

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My goodness if we have to carry a 10 year backward glance with us all day and every day how can we explain away extreme movements in individual stocks or indices?

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