The high-tech scheme enhances the familiar story of the Pied Piper, the colorful stranger who lures the rats from the German town of Hamelin by playing a magical tune on his flute, only to be cheated of his fee.
A compilation of articles, reviews, essays and opinions from all over, a recent day's topics included, among much else, America-bashing, The Lord of the Rings reconsidered, George S. Patton's generalship, Isaiah Berlin and a high-tech scheme to beat the roulette wheel at London's Ritz casino.
Circular window openings create shadow patterns and frame both the sky and the lush green surroundings; satiny beige and white surfaces provide a sensuous glow, and metal fastenings register as pleasing, regularized high-tech schemes.
At a time when Wall Street swindles, debt-reduction frauds and high-tech schemes all compete for the attention and savings of what is left of the unsuspecting masses, there evidently are still some practitioners of the tried and true: the chimney-sweep fraud.
The UK has spent £4.4 billion ($6.6bn US) on a controversial high-tech National Identity Card scheme for the whole country.
This is particularly true in high tech.
We thought electric typewriters were high tech.
SLEDDING has gone high tech.
