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  • Quick thought experiment: do you learn more by reading one paper newspaper front-to-back, or by reading the Twitter feeds of a dozen papers?

    Matthew Yglesias » Time Is Not On Our Side 2010

  • Nicholson received an Oscar nomination for his stellar performance, but part of the film's brilliance is also that it operates perfectly nimbly on two levels: The story unspools as a moving tale of an aging man, but on another level, "Schmidt" is a front-to-back ode to Nicholson's entire career, seemingly referencing with a twist often subtly every classic Jack performance.

    Land of allusion: 'Rango' is a double-barreled valentine to Hollywood 2011

  • So even after the noises stopped each night—the voices from below, the music, the sound of footsteps, the sirens from Second Avenue—he continued to roll side-to-side and front-to-back.

    68 & Riverside Andrew Shelden 2012

  • Metallica will headline both nights with rare front-to-back performances of two of their classic albums, 1984's "Ride the Lightning" and 1991's "Metallica" aka "the Black Album".

    Metallica Unveils Rock Fest Matthew Oshinsky 2012

  • Videogames started using virtual 3-D graphics in the early 1990s, allowing games to move not only side-to-side but also front-to-back.

    Nintendo's 3-D Gadget Faces Software Hurdle Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011

  • But the showstopper is the 1,450-square-foot Robert Louis Stevenson Suite, with its front-to-back picture windows on three sides -- the joint has helicopter views from the bathtub.

    Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels Forbes Life Staff 2010

  • It was a front-to-back stomping, and it signaled the arrival of a player, who, despite his youth, has long been touted as a potential great.

    A Beautiful Blowout, Not a Poetic Payback Jason Gay 2011

  • Nicholson received an Oscar nomination for his stellar performance, but part of the film's brilliance is also the fact it operates perfectly nimbly on two levels: The story unspools as a moving tale of an aging man, but on another level, "Schmidt" is a front-to-back ode to Nicholson's entire career, seemingly referencing with a twist often subtly every classic Jack performance.

    IT TAKES TWO TO 'RANGO': Why the animated Depp hit is a very, very good film 2011

  • It was a front-to-back stomping, and it signaled the arrival of a player, who, despite his youth, has long been touted as a potential great.

    A Beautiful Blowout, Not a Poetic Payback Jason Gay 2011

  • The switch also supports front-to-back or back-to-front airflow, and redundant AC or DC power supplies.

    Force10 unveils VM-optimized Gigabit Ethernet switch 2010

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