EDITORIAL RISE OF THE MACHINES.IN a sense, machines really are taking over. Or, at least, the television sets are. A Nielsen Media Research report found last week that the average American home For the American mortgage lender, see . The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students. now has a larger population of TV sets than actual viewers. There is an average of 2.73 sets and 2.55 persons per American home. That doesn't even take into account the television sets in the workplace, the grocery checkout line, buses and airplanes. This simple fact speaks volumes about Americans, from our economic stability that allows luxuries such as a TV set in every room, to our reliance on the boob tube. It's not quite the bleak The bleak is a small pelagic fish of the Cyprinid family. Description The body of the bleak is elongated and flat. The head is pointed and the relatively small mouth is turned upwards. The anal fin is long and has 18 to 23 fin rays. The lateral line is complete. dystopia Dystopia Eagerness (See ZEAL.) Brave New World imagined for the 21st century by the ``Terminator'' movies. But it is an eye-opener eye-opener Substance abuse A popular term for the first drink of an alcoholic's day, which he believes helps steady himself, or 'treats' a hangover to just how reliant we are on this particular home appliance. If the sets ever do acquire self- awareness, though, we are all doomed. |
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