• What do we get from all the bells and whistles piled into today's PCs?

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  • The flagship Titan 5500, introduced in 1991, came just at the cusp of a huge capital spending boom from the Baby Bells and long distance carriers.

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  • MCI's brand, marketing and billing systems with its burgeoning local-telephone operations, it might be able to take a big slice of business away from the Baby Bells.

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  • That said, Hungry, Hungry Ghost makes music that effectively captures the intimacy inherent in the recording process and conveys a sound that is surprisingly polished and fleshed out, with a wide assortment of instruments and sound effects, from the ukulele, to bells, to trumpets, to the occasional synthesizer.

    NPR: Hungry, Hungry Ghost: 'Breathing Animals'

  • The public knows when a new pontiff has been selected because white smoke rises from the chimney and the basilica's bells toll.

    WSJ: Vatican Begins Countdown to Conclave

  • Ravens strut and croak on the medieval ramparts, and a faint peal of bells echoes from the church.

    BBC: Mystical tales from Transylvania

  • Church bells from the city's Catholic Cathedral rang out across the capital, and prayers of peace were also said at the central mosque to mark the talks.

    BBC: Leaders at prayer in Asmara (pic: Jorge Aramburu/UNMEE)

  • Nor do they have to fear competition from their most formidable natural rivals, the regional Bell companies, because the Bells are barred from carrying traffic long distance.

    FORBES: Backbone Bullies

  • The bells were shipped from Santiago to Swansea, originally intended as scrap, when the Jesuit cathedral of La Campania burnt down in 1863.

    BBC: Historic bells sent home to Chile from Swansea church

  • She explains the various gizmos, from diving bells to spacesuits, that have enabled humans to live and work in conditions that would otherwise prove fatal.

    ECONOMIST: The science of survival

  • At a time that Europe is very worried about jobs, the uptick in interest for mega yachts should be looked at in a positive light, even if news reports will soon be filled with gossip (and jealousy?) over Project Azzam and the "bells and whistles" yachts to soon sail away from the shores of Europe to the Middle East.

    CNN: How big is 'too big' for a superyacht?

  • Warning bells go off right from the first shots of a CGI version of New York's Long Island.

    CNN: Luhrmann's 'Gatsby'? It's a shame

  • Rising in three generations from artisan to high middle class, the Bells were beginning to marry into the aristocracy.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Gertrude Bell'

  • But after the capture, celebratory bells rang from a church tower.

    WSJ: In suburban Boston, thanks and jubilation

  • It concentrates on the Golovin family from Obukhovo, a village renamed when the new serfdom of collectivisation arrived, the church bells taken away to be melted down as peasants ululate.

    ECONOMIST: The Soviet Union

  • Later, cheers and applause -- and the pealing of church bells -- greeted the queen and the royal family as they emerged from the cathedral.

    CNN: Queen's balcony wave, flyover cap Diamond Jubilee celebrations

  • " The public seemed to appreciate a break from "Jingle Bells.

    WSJ: Salvation Army Swings

  • While the new iPhone and iPad grab all the headlines, students heading to class this fall might benefit most from lesser-known, less expensive tech tools, and the bells and whistles that make those hot gadgets useful.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • With all the new bells and whistles--and generous subsidies from phone companies hoping to sign up new customers and upgrade old ones--sales of mobile phones are starting to pick up after two years of stagnation and could jump 15% next year.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • How can you quickly move your operations from one infrastructure to the next when the pressure is on and the alarm bells are ringing?

    FORBES: The Good News About Cloud Architecture: Everything Fails

  • The Bells, having spent hundreds of millions on DSL gear from Alcatel and Cisco, would likely balk at ever switching to an EtherLoop design.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In relation, we evolved to choose mates who are healthy, and weird robots may set off the same warning bells that told our ancestors to stay away from unfit sexual partners.

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  • One of the smallest properties in the world to earn a Forbes (formerly Mobil) 5-Star rating, along with 5-AAA Diamonds, Twin Farms has just 20 luxurious accommodations, but offers all the bells and whistles of a much larger luxury resort, from downhill skiing to guided hikes, except they are all totally private for guests.

    FORBES: Twin Farms, Barnard, VT

  • It all began in May, when Mr Temaru's coalition, the Union for Democracy, unexpectedly emerged victorious at the polls, dislodging Mr Flosse from his long incumbency and setting off alarm bells in Paris.

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  • At Pope Benedict XVI's election in 2005, Allen recalled, bells had rung out at the same time as smoke came from the Sistine Chapel chimney, but it transpired that they were just marking the top of the hour.

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  • "We had a letter from the Chilean embassy back in October and they asked us, especially as the bells weren't in use, to consider gifting them to the people of Chile so that they could form a new memorial to the disaster in time for the 150th anniversary, " said Canon Evans.

    BBC: Historic bells sent home to Chile from Swansea church

  • And a two-minute peal of church bells continues to arouse sleepy Germans from their beds every weekday at 7am in the towns and 6am in the villages of the countryside.

    ECONOMIST: Germany

  • And certainly the only thing more annoying than listening to Jingle Bells is listening to it played from a nearby cubicle-monkey's coffer.

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  • Alarm bells started ringing only about two months ago when a letter allegedly from Hopewell to the governor of Guangdong was leaked to a Hong Kong newspaper.

    CNN: HANGING ON AT HOPEWELL

  • Schussing your way through the sparkling powder is the premiere reason both outdoor types and the glitterati descend every winter, but Aspen has plenty of all-season activities on hand, from fly-fishing to mountain biking to kayaking in areas such as Snowmass Lake and the Maroon Bells peaks.

    BBC: Living in: Great cities for outdoor adventures

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