It involves more than just visual appeal, it requires thinking about human characteristics.

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The soft-touch rear cover has also gained a nice textured finish, which adds to the overall visual appeal and makes the handset easier to grip.

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Note that when you share blog posts from your website, they will have far more visual appeal (and thus receive more engagement) on Facebook if they include photos.

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Much more than a cosmetic enhancement for visual appeal, they increase lift, reduce drag and lower stall speed, which translates to a considerable performance boost on takeoff, climb, cruise and landing.

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The most popular home improvement projects tend to be those that can be completed in less than a month working part-time and add immediate visual appeal, such as painting, molding and trim, and yard work.

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Beyond its obvious visual appeal, data like this should give physicists at the DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory insight into the nature of neutrinos (some of which are said to have been issued from the Big Bang) and, by extension, the origins of our ever-expanding universe.

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But, unlike most "designer" models, its appeal is more than just visual.

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That means moviegoers can expect to see films with broad international appeal (more action and visual comedy, fewer movies about baseball and football), franchises like Twilight, and more 3-D movies, which command a higher ticket price.

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