In the early 1970s he showed a magic touch as a portfolio manager at IDS New Dimensions growth fund in Minneapolis.

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So Mountain Lion is built for precisely the same machines as previous versions: MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Minis and Mac Pros, equipped with a keyboard and either an oversized touchpad or a touch-sensitive Magic Mouse.

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K. Rowling will bring a touch of magic to the animated sitcom by appearing as herself in an episode set in England.

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Additionally, the motorized tilt adds a touch of practical magic to enhance the listening experience.

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And, as with a film director's magic touch with actors, Karajan inspired his musicians including James Galway, who became the principal flutist for the Berlin Philharmonic in 1969.

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The irony is that it happened to Kim, a man who always had the magic touch when it came to fixing dud companies.

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In a smart touch, Hawthorne uses studio magic to create his own multi-harmony accompaniment, in essence serving as his own back-up singers.

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For personal use, the Mimo Magic Touch can act as a great peripheral monitor for social networking, iTunes and media players, chat windows, online auctions, stock tracking tools, fantasy sports dashboards, and more.

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Amid talk of a bubble in internet stocks Facebook losing its magic touch even before going public, data on internet advertising show the web is booming with cash.

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And much of that growth is a product of hard-nosed liberal economics rather than any magic Chinese touch.

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The success of the latter is what transformed him into a genuine publishing phenomenon, for anyone who can fascinate the masses with a book about the birth of modern geology is truly an author with the magic touch.

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But by August 2013, Jobs' magic touch is likely to have worn off and the products will be those of a Cook regime, said Gartner analyst Michael King.

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So this was the magic formula: The aesthetic of a magazine and the freshness of data of the web in a nice touch-based interface.

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