But Adel, the thin young student, was there, sitting alone, an open book face down on his lap.
Suddenly, the item itself will become an "open book" sending and receiving information.
What we can also learn is that the web is an open book on people as it is on all companies.
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Here too Mr Ebenstein's quandary becomes clear: Friedman was an open book, a fine expositor of his ideas and his life.
Microsoft, its new pet dog Yahoo, and Amazon have decided to join together in the soon to be formed Open Book Alliance.
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From 20 years of contact with Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, I'd describe his life and work in two words: open book.
As he comes up to her, she turns her head, places a hand in her open book to keep it from closing.
But I have never argued -- and I never will -- that our most sensitive national security matters should simply be an open book.
In one corner is a giant sheet cake, designed by Cake Boss Buddy Valastro, a rainbow leaping from an open book into an edible iPad.
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For instance, local miners follow the open book alliance method of contracting, whereby costs and the margins are remunerable, and the project is invoiced based on actual costs incurred plus margins.
One side features the Genius of Medicine holding an open book in her lap, collecting water pouring out of a rock to quench the thirst of a sick girl beside her.
During some 20 years of my contact with Milton Friedman, Nobel prize-winning economist and advocate with few peers, two words described his life and work more effectively than all others: open book.
Then I saw what seemed to be a pamphlet in the open book, and as the train approached Union Square I offered my seat to an unpleasant woman who denied that she was pregnant and staggered across the jolting subway car to have a better look.
But Keen goes too far in this critique and also contradicts himself by blaming Net boosters like Jarvis and Shirky for promoting societal over-sharing but then other times pointing out, more accurately, that most people are quite willing to lead their online lives like an open book without any prodding.
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His record as a candidate, both when he ran for the Senate and when he ran for President in 2008 and now as a candidate for reelection, in terms of transparency is a solid one and reflects a long tradition of being an open book, as I think he described it when he was asked this question not long ago.
More than a hundred students were investigated for plagiarism or for having "inappropriately collaborated" on a course's take-home, open-book spring final exam.
To the right, a button lets you open the book (you can also accomplish this by simply clicking on the book, naturally), view more info on the title, delete it from your shelf or find similar books -- yet another spot for some e-book upselling.
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Ms. PROSE: So I can only tell you to try and see, you know, the way each book needs to be written, and to be open to what the book itself is kind of telling you in a way that needs to be done and try and do it that way.
For many, there's nothing quite so comforting as cracking open a good book.
His boat was found floating, empty, with his log-book open charting the depths of his despair.
All day it's been Katie's turn to read "Harry Potter, " and she's already on chapter 18 and now has the book open on her lap.
Jena, now in the German third division, will open a condolence book for Enke, with the intention that it will be passed on to his family.
Some believe Nook is as good as Kindle (or even better if one values an open e-book format), but not enough if one goes by market share.
This is not just another emotional story intended to tug at your heart strings enough to get you to open your check book and help these organizations, although to that I am not opposed.
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