Reading Heart of Darkness is more like using a book as a mirror to see more clearly who you are.

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The flame, meant to represent purity, was kindled from the rays of the sun using a parabolic mirror in a ceremony on 10 May at Olympia, the home of the ancient Olympic Games.

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Using a zone plate instead of a mirror gets around this.

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The mobile experience can mirror that of a person using a PC, and can also provide content optimized for phones, or company-specific mobile games that can draw in candidates.

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Translation: Engage Twitterers on their terms, make them happy using supplemental promotions but don't turn it into a mirror of your other promotional channels.

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This little miracle involves using tiny chip-mounted diffraction gratings and laser light passed over them via a scanning mirror.

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Using football metrics that mirror the ones that guide the BCS system, we put together a full slate of NFL "bowl" games for the NFL, in which every team plays one postseason ga?me.

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When using mirroring in a business setting, you will know that you have developed mutual rapport if your partner begins to mirror you in return.

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