Word: buzzed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dining hall, he locates utensils by memory; someone must read him the list of entrees. He finds an empty seat by listening for pockets of silence amid the buzz of conversation...
...which sounds a bit like science fiction to most Americans, is already accepted as fact by the motor moguls in Detroit, where a remarkable technological transformation is occurring. Gone are the days when that city's machines were regarded as handsome and powerful but basically dumb brutes. Today the buzz words in the Motor City are "smart cars," vehicles that literally think for themselves, diagnose their own problems and compensate for their drivers' frailties and failures, while ensuring a safer, more comfortable ride. A few smart-car features are already available on higher-priced vehicles, and Detroit intends to raise...
...departure will usher in the greatest period of uncertainty since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. So pervasive is his influence that rumors of his illnesses regularly launch East Asian stock markets into stomach-churning plunges. For years the reclusive leader has proved those reports premature, quelling the buzz by appearing in public, hale and hearty as ever...
...Crimson's starting backcourt of junior Elizabeth "Buzz" Proudfit and sophomore Jessica Gelman is not only a year older, but a year wiser. They both can handle the rock and their dexterity seems to be contagious: Harvard has only committed 240 turnovers in eight games while its opponents have committed...
Politics: The latest G.O.P. buzz word...