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• n  a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
• n  optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image

• Emphasize Barack Hussein Obama's unusual name and exotic background through a Manchurian Candidate prism.
• But it would serve us well to put aside our prism that has led us to misunderstand Iran for so many years, an anticipation that there would be a liberal counter-revolution in the .
• Light from an electric spark is polarized by a Nicol prism, then sent through a cell containing carbon disulfide, a second cell containing a water solution of any substance to .

• optical prism

News & Articles

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• PRISM reports prompt tech giants to push for transparency
  As fury over PRISM mounts, Google, Facebook, and other tech companies are asking the government for permission to disclose information about secret national security requests they have received. Google insists it has 'nothing to hide' from its users.
  June 12, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• How Prism might work, and why that matters to Congress and you
  How does Prism work? We have precious few details about the technical workings of the National Security Agency's global surveillance program, despite all the leaks and all the media coverage. That leaves the public and the technology community much like the blind men and the elephant.Details matter. Depending on which part of the elephant you touch, Prism is either a system that lets the NSA ...
  June 12, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Prism Video Converter Software, a Prime Choice of Boffin Reviewers
  Boffin software reviewing website reveals Prism Video Converter as the top 2013 choice for video converting software. Prism excels in terms of user-friendliness, interface design and overall performance. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10816580.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in International Herald Tribune
  It's a race to the bottom - who out there can be the most anti-Hispanic,Biden said of the immigration debate. "Why is it we only view it through the prism of Spanish-speaking people?"
• Raymond Burke in Guardian Unlimited
  Burke said Bozek's problem is "he thinks he's the pope," Burke said. "He thinks I'm operating out of a narrow prism of rules and out of touch with reality. I'm operating out of the ...... Gospel."
• Richard Holbrooke in guardian.co.uk
  Any country that has a potential separatist movement will view the events in Georgia through its own unique prism,Richard Holbrooke, the former US envoy who mediated peace in Bosnia in the mid-1990s, told The Associated Press. "But the...