In previous centuries, anyone entering the Forbidden City without permission would have faced instant death.
If ITT wins, Corning will be faced with instant competition from a knowledgeable well-financed tough competitor.
He had earlier built an instant-messaging client called Gaim, which has become popular among the open-source crowd.
Downturns are nothing new, yet the era of instant news and analysis beats the drums louder then ever.
The proliferation of information technology makes AOL's 35 million customers and instant messaging feature valuable.
In hectic lives overflowing with demands for instant response, reverie is too often banished.
For pork, baby back ribs take up marinade very well and cook in an instant.
Jade had "suffered serious injuries that led to her instant death", the coroner said.
The smile is there because he is practicing living at that instant of danger.
Express had instant inventory by drawing items already selling on Ebay sites at fixed prices.
One disadvantage to instant communication is that the ease of communicating can sometimes result in mis-communicating.
Even if implemented, instant replay will never take the heartbeat out of the game.
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The applications, supplied with the phone, will provide instant access to "key medical text books".
It has blocked access to sensitive blogs as well as to Twitter, an instant social-networking service.
Many of those who give to charity want the instant gratification of helping someone somewhere somehow.
CD-quality sound on the company's instant-messaging service could provoke even steamier gossip around the coffee pot.
Social media increases the problem, he says, with people providing instant comments on everything.
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Well, he provides instant offense, a valued commodity by both contending and on-the-brink teams.
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Third, failing to expand instant replay makes the sport look archaic compared to other sports.
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Huh acknowledged that some viral takes on these instant celebrities are more tasteful than others.
Twitter -- the closest thing to an instant barometer of public opinion -- exploded with reaction.
He's not scared of making a mistake or of changing his mind in an instant.
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Jimmy Higham was described as "an instant hit at Wellington with students and staff".
It is now routine for university students to text, e-mail and instant-message during lectures.
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Though Tam described their relationship as friendly, in a recent instant-message interview his tone was harsh.
Many assistants never meet their clients, communicating instead by email, instant message, phone or videoconference.
After storming out Richard Lohman was mobbed by TV cameras, and became an instant Twitter hit.
We're very excited to share the wonders of instant photography with a new generation.
It was her first trip home since she became an instant celebrity during the Republican Convention.
View SMS, instant messages, calls and voicemails to give users a context when they are calling.
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