Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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As far as trend stories go
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00 (As far as trend stories go, this should have been an easy one. That advances in technology are allowing more people to customize and produce their own media is inarguable, and some of the results are truly impressive. Rather than seeking out great examples, the magazine chose to highlight mostly the weird and embarrassing. Why?) 02 br
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00 I think "this" in the first sentence refers to " 01 i 00 Time 02 i 00 choosing You as the Person of 2006". But I still don't quite understand the first sentence. 02 br
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00 1)Does "as far as ... go" mean "as far as ... is concerned"? 02 br
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00 2)What does "this should have been an easy one" mean, esp. "easy one"? 0-
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00 (As far as trend stories go, this should have been an easy one. That advances in technology are allowing more people to customize and produce their own media is inarguable, and some of the results are truly impressive. Rather than seeking out great examples, the magazine chose to highlight mostly the weird and embarrassing. Why?) 02 br
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00 I think "this" in the first sentence refers to " 01 i 00 Time 02 i 00 choosing You as the Person of 2006". But I still don't quite understand the first sentence. 02 br
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00 1)Does "as far as ... go" mean "as far as ... is concerned"? 02 br
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00 2)What does "this should have been an easy one" mean, esp. "easy one"? 0-
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10 (As far as trend stories go, this 11 font 10 should have been 12 font 10 an easy one. That advances in technology are allowing more people to customize and produce their own media is inarguable, and some
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0 They use this to show that actually it wasn't an easy story. 0-
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00 This had been initially 01 b 00 expected 02 b 00 to be an easy thing to do, but it 01 b 00 proved 02 b 00 itself 01 b 00 not 02 b 00 to be so. 02 br
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00 This had been initially 01 b 00 expected 02 b 00 to be an easy thing to do, but it 01 b 00 proved 02 b 00 itself 01 b 00 not 02 b 00 to be so. 02 br
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