Word: attested
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Henry Jones (a k a Sean Connery) had a point in "Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade" when he reminded his son that "in this sort of a race, there's no silver medal for finishing second." In fact, few races offer consolation prizes--and I can personally attest that the election for Undergraduate Council president is not among them. In the last election, I had the dubious honor of finishing second, and I quickly discovered that the silver medal and a token could get me a ride on the subway. However, the second-place finisher may enjoy one perk: some...
Faculty dismissals are quite rare, as Faculty and undergraduates alike attest...
...remember "the mess over busy signals" as if it no longer exists. As a current AOL subscriber, I can attest that in many areas access is still a problem. Case and AOL management are as out of touch with their customers' desires as anyone can be. From its failure to have enough technical-support representatives to its censorship policies, AOL demonstrates that it cares about its stockholders more than its customers. And let's not forget AOL's unrelenting sales tactics. If aliens ever find the Voyager probe, their first question will be, "What does '50 free hours...
...Russian classmates in elementary or high school can attest to, excellence in education does not have much to do with free markets. We are not naive enough to believe that the market can or will solve all of our problems...
Jobs is intimidating at first. He has, after all, been portrayed as an abusive monster, and countless colleagues attest to his arrogance and intolerance. But now, even during the week of the highest stress he has faced in years, he exudes his other side: the Zen-like calm and the impish aura that make him so different from his arch friend and arch rival Gates, a man of competitive intensity and analytical rigor. This Jobs literally lopes into the room, and he keeps using the word golly. So O.K., golly, it's true that the famed "Reality Distortion Field"--that...