While the wines' voluptuous texture matched the steak's richness, their minerality proved a bit of a jarring contrast, particularly in the case of the 2011 Chidaine Vouvray Les Argiles. (A minerally white just isn't as versatile as a minerally red.) But they both came admirably close to universal usefulness, and I was quite pleased with my food-and-wine-matching experiment, not to mention the advice of my experts.

WSJ: Wine and Food: Pairing Without Overthinking | On Wine by Lettie Teague

England's players applauded Caddick off the field after his display - a major contrast to his last tour of the West Indies two winters ago when he was regarded as a bit-part player.

BBC: Caddick lone England star

Anyway, ExtremeTech doesn't think that the image quality on Gateway's LCD TV is as good as it could be (its contrast is good, while its dark value could be a bit better), but anyone buying this TV is probably more focused on getting a flat-panel HDTV on the cheap than getting the best picture quality possible.

ENGADGET: Gateway's 30-inch LCD HDTV

Unfortunately we still have a bit of time to wait for either, with the boosted contrast ratio model entering production later this year and the flexible one sometime in early 2011.

ENGADGET: E Ink shows off next-gen displays: high contrast, fast refresh, and rugged (video)

He grabbed a bit of moral high ground by reminding Shaun Woodward that he - in contrast to his Labour predecessor - had met Geraldine Finucane.

BBC: Paterson grabs moral high ground

With 20 million people, more than the populations of Libya, Lebanon and Jordan combined, Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the Middle East. (By contrast, the most populous city in the United States, New York City, is a bit more than 8 million.) Cairo's size has increased more than sixfold in the past 60 years.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The 22.2-inch ColorEdge CG221 sports a 1, 920 x 1, 200 resolution, 16:10 widescreen aspect ratio, 400:1 contrast ratio, and comes equipped with EIZO's latest 12-bit lookup table with a literal smorgasbord of color tones.

ENGADGET: EIZO unveils 22.2-inch ColorEdge CG221 pro LCD display

By contrast, the race of investors big and small to grab a piece of the Busang action was not the least bit irrational.

ECONOMIST: All that glisters . . .