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...growing pervasiveness of chips. "Semiconductors are here and people now recognize that," says Stephen Zelencik, a senior vice president of Advanced Micro Devices. "They are everywhere, for every reason, in everything." Chips have long since become the most popular components of watches. In cars they monitor antipollution systems and adjust idle speeds. In factories they control robots and automated assembly lines. They are embedded in virtually every major weapons system, where they perform such crucial tasks as aiming guns and navigating flights...
...when tickets are bought and the length of a traveler's stay. Moreover, the price of flights of comparable distances may differ widely, depending on how much competition exists on that route. To make matters more confusing, carriers keep close watch on one another's prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. United alone makes 3,500 fare changes...
...time of turbulent change, climatic as well as geological. The earth was slowly cooling, and swamp areas were evaporating. As a result, hundreds of species were dying or seeking warmth farther south. The North American monkeys, for example, migrated to Central and South America. Warmblooded beasts that could adjust to the new cold thrived, among them the forebears of pigs, cows, cats and dogs. For animals, says Stucky, the epoch "was a revolution." And with the bones unearthed for scientists to explore and understand, that revolution continues to reveal its buried secrets. -By Natalie Angler...
...little fogged sometimes. Now this valet Jeeves drops into the lap of this Wooster and dusts the cobwebs out of his life, dispensing a few useful fashion hints in the process. Not that Wooster doesn't need a firm hand for some get up and go--he can barely adjust his own ascot...
Although slightly disadvantaged by the playing surface--that great innovation called Astroturf which changes a soccer game into a gigantic pinball machine by creating more high bounces than on a grass surface--as well as an eat-to dinner referee, the Crimson was able to adjust to the increased speed the unfamiliar turf brought to the game...