Technicolor

As much as the finely orchestrated plot, the joy of the story lies in its perfect period detail, the exquisitely sketched settings and a cast of supporting characters who spring to technicolour life


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Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating from 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. It was the second major color process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952.

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VHS-or-Betamax

WHEELS The Auto Industry’s VHS-or-Betamax Moment By MARK GARDINER After nearly 20 years, the language that cars will speak when they talk to one another is still undecided. Critics say the delay is endangering lives.

Taper Tantrum

Taper tantrum is the term used for the 2013 surge in U.S. Treasury yields, which resulted from the Federal Reserve's use of tapering to gradually reduce the amount of money it was feeding into the economy.

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taper

ˈteɪpə/

verb

gerund or present participle: tapering

1. diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end.

   "the tail tapers to a rounded tip"

   
   

   • gradually lessen.

     "the impact of the dollar's depreciation started to taper off"

   
   

tantrum

ˈtantrəm/

noun

1. an uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration, typically in a young child.

   "he has temper tantrums if he can't get his own way"

   synonyms:

   fit of temper, fit of rage, fit of pique, fit, outburst, flare-up, blow-up, pet, paroxysm, frenzy, bad mood, mood, huff, scene; More

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