“…And geeks were fine with dealing with a difficult and finicky interface--they liked this--it was even a sort of badge of honor (e.g. the Unix geeks) But making the interface really intuitive and useful--think about the first Macintosh computers--took computers far far beyond the geek crowd. The Mac made HCI (human computer interaction) and usability very popular topics in the productivity software industry. …”

“…Tasks that traditionally took weeks of work, costing thousands of dollars, can be completed in minutes for a fraction of a penny. …”

“…Thirty-five days, 14 hours, and 3 minutes. That's how long it took Jason Caldwell and the crew of the American Spirit to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean during the 2016 Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge—or, as it's known to those who attempt it, “The World's Toughest Row.” …”

“…It was only after the closure of 'mental deficiency' institutions in the late 1950s that autism took on new meanings as an epidemiological entity. …”

“…To explore the process of rapid aging in the LAC, a workshop took place at the National Academy of Medicine in May 2015. …”

“…So it's time you stopped fearing the journey and took your steps further out into the world of enjoying the power of Core Data. …”

“…The volume is the result of a conference that took place on the occasion of the exhibition Babylon - Truth and Myth in Berlin. …”

“…The Human Genome Project took 13 years and was completed in April 2003, at a cost of approximately three billion dollars. …”

“…The great change in European relations with Russia took place in 1478 when Muscovy replaced the trading Republic of Novgorod as a neighbor of Sweden, Livonia and Lithuania. …”

“…During this time, purebred animals with better genetic pedigrees replaced run-of-the-mill livestock, and systematic disease prevention in cattle, swine, and poultry took place. Allen's photographs also document clothing styles, home furnishings, and the items people thought important as they went about their daily lives. …”

“…In the early 1970s, a number of West German left-wing activists took up arms, believing that revolution would lead to social change. …”

“…Next, the authors retrace the steps that Garriott took in fusing analog, tabletop role-playing with his self-taught lessons in computer programming. …”

“…Over the following centuries, the new features introduced via new Lutheran hymns such as accentual metres, end-rhymes and strophic structures were infusing into oral folk poetry, although this took place also via secular oral and literary routes. …”

“…Jackson explains the economic forces which led to the need for the tunnel, and details the extraordinary political and social politicking that took place on both sides of the Hudson River to finally enable its construction. …”

“…Studies the intertwined manner in which Arabic and Turkish literatures took shape as national traditionsStudies Arabic and Turkish modernities in conjunction with each other within their shared Ottoman contextUndermines the prevalent view that Arabic and Turkish literatures merely modernised or Westernised in the nineteenth centuryMoves beyond the tendency in Middle Eastern studies to situate Arabic, Turkish and Persian works in a linear, chronological orderChallenges 'the influence paradigm', which proposes that Ottoman literature emerged under the influence of Arabic and Persian literatures before it modernised under the influence of French literatureStudies how pre-Ottoman poets such as al-Mutanabbī or Saʿdī became 'Ottomanised' in the works of the Ottoman literatiExamines how the Ottoman canon perpetuated exclusions in terms of gender, language and religionThe Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures fleshes out the Ottoman canon’s multilingual character to call for a literary history that can reassess and even move beyond categories that many critics take for granted, such as ‘classical Arabic literature’ and ‘Ottoman literature’. …”

“…Este libro recoge una mirada transversal con estudios estéticos que tratan sobre temas tan relevantes como la importancia de la literatura española del siglo de oro en la obra wagneriana, su posicionamiento estético y político, su estrecho vínculo con la filosofía, su influencia en las artes plásticas, las disputas entre dos maneras de entender el romanticismo, en las que Wagner tomó un papel protagonista, la herencia del arte total en las actuales manifestaciones del arte de masas y el arte contemporáneo, o la importancia que toman los 'combates poéticos' en su obra. …”

“…It was only toward the very end of Montaigne's life, after his political failure, that he took refuge in literature. But, even then, it was his political experience that enabled him to find the right tone for his genre. …”

“…Tras su paso por la cárcel tomó el duro camino del exilio donde dio una nueva lección renunciando a vivir de las rentas y de glorias pasadas. …”

“…American liberals and conservatives alike take for granted a progressive view of the Constitution that took root in the early twentieth century. Richard Epstein laments this complacency which, he believes, explains America's current economic malaise and political gridlock. …”

“…Unbeknownst to the newcomers, the Aztecs took it home and used it to write detailed histories in their own language of Nahuatl. …”