Word: alonge
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with all unfamiliar technology, there are a few hurdles you'll have to jump and plenty of chances to get ripped off along the way. First of all, the standard for this medium is a superfast cable called FireWire (geeks know it as IEEE 1394, and Sony folks call it i.Link). Any DV camcorder you unwrap under the tree next week should feature a FireWire output, and any PC you want to use has to include a FireWire input. Most don't, of course, and you'll probably have to upgrade (see box). A major word of warning: FireWire does...
...succeed in life." In 1990, in her mid-20s, she began teaching third grade at Community Elementary School 90 in the Bronx, N.Y., where she learned how to succeed on the school's terms. She says the principal's underlings gave her a list of students along with the order "to make sure they passed" standardized reading exams. On the mornings of such exams, she was given a 2-in. by 3-in. cheat sheet. She would then have the students put their answers first on loose-leaf paper, so she could check them before they filled in the bubble...
...could always avoid showing evil people on our covers. "It's not our tendency to sensationalize crime or do covers on the crime of the week," says editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine. "Sometimes, however, a shocking picture--of a wartime execution, a brutality, a kid with a gun--along with an analysis of the tale behind it serves to focus our eyes on things we would prefer to ignore but instead should try to understand. I think it is worth the pain if it forces us to confront the issues of guns and violence and hidden anger in our schools...
...genes, its joy in the chase proves irresistible. "When we saw the look in his eyes," says Ted Ondrak of his Bouvier des Flandres, "we said, 'We've gotta try this.'" The Ondraks wound up buying the ranch where today's workshop is being held, along with a hundred sheep...
...expect something more than gripping plots from Scott Turow's legal thrillers, and this latest offers a mesmerizing main character. Robbie Feaver, a successful lawyer who has been caught bribing judges in Kindle County, becomes a pawn in an elaborate federal scheme to trap his beneficiaries on the bench. Along the way, Turow's suspenseful story deepens into a meditation on the nature of personal loyalties and the shady space between ethics...