William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63) achieved a rare harmony of caustic narrative and engraved depiction and nowhere more brilliantly than in Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero (1848).
Aside from content (which will be the key to selling an Xbox tablet), Microsoft faces one immeasurable challenge: how to sell the device at a fair (but profitable) price.
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But it would have added something to have examined more systematically the differences between cases where the science is clear (ozone after 1987) and where there was a fair amount of hype (forest death through acid rain).
Now tracks one and two of the conference are discussing trying to stabilise emissions at a level projected to have a fair chance of avoiding a 2C (3.6F) temperature rise.
Previously I examined how those with a utopian view of the world (liberals) seek equal results, whereas those with a more tragic view (conservatives) only seek a fair process.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said a recent price war between two ferry operators coupled with a change of ownership for the Steam Packet company meant the report was no longer relevant.
Game developers at the Zynga event said they chose Zynga as a publisher over other companies because of its large reach of 300 million users, its advice and experience on game development and a relatively fair (economic) deal.
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The question is, is Samsung trying to charge a fair price for them (FRAND terms) or has Apple managed to license them through a tie up elsewhere?
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There is a funny thing about the rebate, though (called a prebate in the FAIR tax).
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has rejected a call from the Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce to investigate the pricing policy of holiday companies.
"Micromax is committed to negotiating a FRAND license with Ericsson as Ericsson has undertaken to providing a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) license to Micromax, " the Indian company said in a statement.
My apologies to Frank for such a lengthy (fair use) quotation, but to reduce his writing to pith would be to excise the Borgesian absurdity that is so relevant to the landscape he describes.
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Since then she worn everything from a red asymmetrical goddess dress from Lanvin (BAFTAs), a short frilly lace number from Bottega Veneta (MTV Movie Awards), a challenging floral print column gown from Lanvin (Alexander McQueen Costume Institute Gala), and a collage-like short frock with a train from Chanel (Vanity Fair Oscar Party).
The plunge has also put a fair bit of his stock options underwater too (although still a small percentage).
When Boeing protested, producing 110 complaints about the bidding process that (partly because of the earlier scandal) had been unusually fair and transparent, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a congressional watchdog, upheld seven of them.
We used a four-scale measure (excellent, good, fair and poor) that is more specific and sets a higher standard than the simple approve-disapprove choices.
They suggest the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as a model for this.
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said there was a "lack of dynamism" from the banks alongside customer inertia.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said feedback from a public consultation showed people were "unanimously opposed to the changes".
You must identify the right business or company to invest in, and it must be purchased at a fair or reasonable value (price).
Yet it is the 1990s that have seen executive pay soar to unprecedented levels, as shown in a study by the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy (see top chart), with knock-on benefits further down the senior professional food chain.
In addition to the world's biggest airport, largest man-made islands, longest indoor ski slope and some of the biggest shopping malls and hotels anywhere, it is also building a mega theme park, Dubailand, which consists of some 45 separate projects, including such brand-name attractions as Legoland, a Tiger Woods golf course, a Six Flags fun fair, a Formula One park, and themed attractions from DreamWorks (a Hollywood film studio) and Marvel Comics.
Prime Minister MIKHAIL FRADKOV (Russia): (Through translator) We're trying to create a fair playing field for business in this country, but that's not always accepted by those who wish to have certain advantages and privileges.
To make this a fair valuation (and to take into account MSNBC's worth) we estimated Microsoft Interactive media group at a 100% premium to the combined market valuations of C!
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said the merger created a "near-monopoly" in the supply of kaolin.
But a closer look by the folks at Fair Isaac (nyse: FIC - news - people ), a business research firm and father of the FICO credit score, suggests that some industries are indeed riskier than others.
The second is a fair use excerpt lovingly hand typed from a highlighted passage of the iBook (that I paid for) on my iPhone screen.
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Better take the hit over a broken pledge ( and Plaid know their fair share about that sort of thing too) than plough more money into a pretty expensive fig leaf, seems to be their take.
So yesterday, we took an important step forward when Congress passed a fair sentencing bill that I look forward to signing into law -- (applause) -- a bipartisan bill to help right a longstanding wrong by narrowing sentencing disparities between those convicted of crack cocaine and powder cocaine.
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