Word: abreast
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...order to maintain the Berkman Center Web site, Zittrain must stay abreast of issues surrounding the intersection of law and cyberspace. Swiftly moving from site to site, unfettered by blinking advertisements tempting a click, Zittrain is a pro. When asked to describe his personal surfing technique, he laughs, "It's a take-no-prisoners style...
...first 707s were flying with five-abreast seating, two on one side of the aisle, three on the other. Trippe switched to six abreast and cut fares, and the Pan Am jet clippers made flying "the pond" far more accessible. By 1965 the company was predicting that 35 million people would be flying international routes and that there would be a 200% increase...
Pappas gets advice from Lisa Cosman, 60, a self-described nutritionist with no formal training or certification (only 23 states require licensing of dietitians and nutritionists) who relies on news accounts to keep abreast of new research. Cosman warns her clients to visit a doctor before taking herbs and fears that too many are searching for magic bullets. "My concern is that they are overhyping herbs," she says, "and missing the central idea that you must eat healthy...
...experience in graphics production and animation, Murphy still felt he needed to go back to college to further his career. And his company was more than willing to pay the bill of nearly $1,800 for the semester-long intermediate-level computer-animation class. "You have to keep abreast of what's new in the field," observes Murphy as he sits in a dimly lighted room with six other students, all in their 20s and 30s, who are toying with the Alias animation program. "It seems like every three months or so there is another version of a software package...
Harvard is at once research laboratory, vast library system, teaching university, enormous landholder and not-for-profit billionaire. Its four full-time lobbyists have their hands full just staying abreast of how Congressional decisions will impact such a vast institution...