Word: bugbears
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...crew allowed Carnival cruise line's acquisition of P&O to sail through without trouble. But the big question is whether the E.U. will put down the anchor on the commission's sweeping powers altogether. INTERNET SECURITY The Web Gets Whacked It didn't have a cool name like Bugbear, and it didn't loot any bank accounts. In fact, most Internet users never noticed anything, yet authorities called it the worst digital attack in history when hackers bypassed normal corporate targets last week and went straight after nine of the 13 servers that make up the Internet's backbone...
...colicky, cranky, crying baby: new parents' biggest bugbear. In his new book, this L.A. pediatrician says the problem may be too much quiet. By re-creating the biological ruckus of the mother's womb, including constant movement and the swooshing sound of blood flow, you can set off any baby's "calming reflex." Follow the "five S's," says Karp: 1) Swaddle the baby (using Karp's special tight technique); 2) place the baby on his side or stomach; 3) shush him loudly; 4) swing or bounce him rhythmically; and 5) give him something to suck on. Even dads...
...second incentive is a sense of competition with Stanford. That university, having been carried to greatness by its warm weather and proximity to Silicon Valley, has been Harvard's electronic bugbear, threatening to draw away students with promises of high technology and easy access to venture capital. Stanford has promoted technology (and especially the commercialization thereof) as its specific forte, and the recent appointment of computer scientist and provost John L. Hennessy as its next president was widely seen as an effort to capitalize on this reputation...