"When a Government with which you have an especially close diplomatic and military relationship tries to steal high-tech items, it is very troubling."

He can deliberately cause widespread havoc around high-tech items just by drawing in his magic, a practice he refers to as "hexing."

We trade high-tech items for whatever the Mardukans use for portable wealth.

New product bias results from failure to promptly include, say, a new high-tech item in the Government market basket.

Nevertheless they too are changing from fancy high-tech items into everyday sources of human community.

It deals with high-tech items such as cellular phones, TV's, compact discs.

Now the same pestering is reaching a fever pitch among teenagers, who crave an ever-expanding collection of high-tech items they can't possibly afford.

Wal-Mart's interest in the electronics sector began to intensify about four years ago, when the giant retailer realized the potential of sticking mass prices on high-tech items.

As he'd explained to Worf, Federation-issue communicators weren't specifically listed among the high-tech items prohibited during the carnival.

"One of the customs guys was so stupid he even considered a beer bottle opener a high-tech item."