Word: beane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Open Profiling Standard. The idea is to allow the computer user to create an electronic "passport" that identifies him to online marketers without revealing his name. The user tailors the passport to his own interests, so if he is passionate about fly-fishing and is cruising through L.L. Bean's Website, the passport will steer the electronic-catalog copy toward fishing gear instead of, say, Rollerblades...
...Lamont-Doherty have set up an international research institute dedicated to predicting medium-range swings in climate. Already, says climatologist Antonio Moura, the director, he and other scientists have begun to produce experimental forecasts of the probable impact of the ENSO cycle on selected regions. Thus rice, corn and bean farmers in northeast Brazil, say, could, if adequately forewarned, mitigate the effect of El Nino-associated droughts by planting rapidly maturing varieties of seed. The only hitch is that if they switch and a drought does not occur, their crop yields would be lower than normal...
...Mocha Man's arrival was eagerly anticipated. In he'd come with the tools of his trade--espresso maker, blender, coffee bean grinder. And everyone would flock around him, ordering their ice-blended mochas, with a double shot of espresso, no sugar, just sweet 'n' low, extra-chocolate, banana, decaf, please...and just a dab of whipped cream. Or maybe a hot cappuccino...
...Darren Oliver to San Francisco's Darryl Hamilton at 7:11 p.m. CDT Thursday, interleague play in baseball officially began and the century-old wall between the leagues was torn down. First interleague count: 1-0. Baseball's new look is bemoaned by purists but hailed by marketers and bean-counters as just the shot in the arm (and hopefully a rise in attendance) that the game needs. Friday night's face-off in Atlanta between the Braves and Orioles is just what supporters had in mind: baseball's best teams squaring off in a June World Series preview...
...Vegetarian food is not just rice and potatoes. It should be more bean-based stuff," says Scott...