Viacom studio Paramount Pictures likely wants to make sure it cashes in on Bieber before the high-flying star begins to curve back to Earth.
The gray metal "seats" ran along the sides of a curved plane that forced you to curve your back to sit.
On the surface, this daring Japanese-made smartphone darling cuts a dangerous figure, assuming a dual identity reinforced by the rigidity of its '80s-esque, hard-lined facial perimeter and the seductive curve of its aluminum back that all but screams contemporary industrial design.
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In his book, Mr Sen raised the theoretical possibility that a pastoralist's supply curve might actually bend back on itself: as the relative price of livestock falls, a hungry pastoralist might supply more animals to the market, not fewer as elementary economic principles would imply.
Yes, it feels good in the hand, owed in part to that matte plastic back and subtle arc S-like curve, but the materials feel cheap.
The falling prices are forcing all manufacturers to put more effort into improving their manufacturing technology and module efficiency in order to get back ahead of the rapidly declining cost curve.
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"I never realized how beautiful that curve is that comes in the back of the bowl, " she says.
Weiss, as successful artist and sculptor in his own right, designed the bottle itself based on the curve of a woman's back.
When we ran that Curve 8900 review a couple weeks back, we were taken aback by the number of people writing in to ask what kind of phone was pictured to the right of the Curve in our lead-off image.
While the screen's surface is completely flat, the edges curve around gently, forming a rounded back.
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England, who are bidding to become the first side to win back-to-back World Cups, have been on an upward curve since losing to South Africa in Paris, beating Samoa, Tonga, Australia and France to reach the final.
It's a learning curve for us, and we'll be back better and stronger next year for sure.
In economics, luxury goods have an inverse demand curve, Dale, with Wodka, is trying to turn it back to its natural position.
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Clint Eastwood is back doing what he's supposed to be doing in "Trouble With the Curve, " a sentimental baseball saga that is the inverse of "Moneyball" in almost every respect and shows the star's still got what it takes to carry a movie home.
With the Fed probably behind-the-curve (as shown by dollar weakness), Treasury issues will take a back seat for financial markets until inflation and interest rates are resolved.
Some might be worried this is all too complicated, when all they want to do is sit back and watch fast cars, but the review says it's got a very simple learning curve.
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But do you think - can you think of an example of this back-patting, you know, something that would justify all this ahead-of-the-curve-ness?
From its big French curve front fenders and shield-like radiator grill to its bomb-shaped headlights to its long back deck and tail lights on graceful stalks, in its humble way the '36 is as much a work of art as the Cord 810 or the Duesenberg SJ.
She appears in red with twisted and distorted limbs, fingernails that curve into large hook shapes and white hair that appears like a cloud out of head and down her back.
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