The group of mostly African-American educators was skeptical when we set out that it was just another bid by right-wingers to wrest authority from the education establishment.
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"We couldn't get any ball, and even though we showed how dangerous we were when we did get it, ultimately we had no set piece, " said Lineen.
"When we (Digital Storm) set out to redesign Hailstorm we knew it would be a challenging to improve on a system capable of handling nearly any high-end configuration an enthusiast could dream up" said Rajeev Kuruppu, Digital Storm's Director of Product Development.
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So when we landed in Rio de Janeiro, it was the first story we set out to cover.
We used to joke about the ambitious names our sights were set on when it came to casting -- but we surpassed them and won a casting jackpot.
When we do visit a sterile movie set, it is as part of the storyline - to watch local moguls churning out the same old dross.
So when we set large goals, we are requiring ourselves to also have an equally large belief system to support it.
"When America set aside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, we called it a 'refuge' for a reason, " he said.
It seems we are inclined, when we have been set a stretch goal that we just did not reach, to tell ourselves that we sort of did, and really do deserve the reward.
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Perhaps the best indication that it's working came just recently when we were all set to take our daughter to dinner.
"When the economy is doing well, we tell people it's time to set aside some money for something they may not have thought about, " explains William Rowe, a polished former funeral home owner who joined Stewart in 1987 and is now chief operating officer.
More importantly, this controversy should remind all of us that, when debating government regulations, we should be humble, because it is often difficult to set a proper balance between helping consumers while at the same time allowing businesses to prosper.
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For this latest episode of the Engadget Show, we set up shop right there, in order to explore what it means when technology itself is a work of art.
For example, whereas a median volume setting might normally suffice when it's just me sitting in a quiet room, here we kept the volume set to about 75 out of 100.
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The sad part is, as much as we'd love to have this expensive, feature-filled set in the Engadget HD lounge, we still can't comprehend why this particular set got an award for its picture when it's not even 1080p.
The present recession, the first major one in the age of globalization as we know it today, be even more tragic if that vision is set aside just when parts of the developing world are not just about catch up and but are about to spring into the lead, economically speaking.
"When we're under pressure to act fast in a high-stakes situation, it often leads us to a set of traps, " he adds.
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