Word: centralizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pundits tell us that the central division in our transnational world is between the "slow" cultures of the plow and the "fast" ones of the microchip, the gap between them accelerating at an unprecedented rate. But what is more of a vexation in our modern times--a temporal Tower of Babel, as you could call it--is that everything's mixed up: fast and slow are present in every country, often, and in every household. Ancient cultures, as in India and China, are eager to invite the future to come to stay, so long as it doesn't interfere with...
...United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands are probably the most advanced when it comes to Y2K computer compliance, while the countries lagging behind are Russia, other former Soviet states, India, Pakistan and the Afghanistan region, and parts of central and western Africa, they told reporters on a conference call. MORE...
...enormously since Seattle-based Amazon jumped out to its "first-mover" advantage. There are plenty of second, third and fourth movers to battle. They come in the form of category killers that overwhelm you with selection, expertise, price and service for a given class of goods. Adornis.com is bauble central for luxury items, for instance, and Petopia.com is one of dozens of sites that will shower you and your doggie with selection. On the other side are e-malls such as Buy.com and Shopnow.com Traditional retailers are making the transition to the Web too, and one of them--Wal-Mart...
...crates arrive at a central point where bar codes are matched with order numbers to determine who gets what. Your three items end up in a 3-ft.-wide chute--one of several thousand--and are placed into a cardboard box with a new bar code that identifies your order...
...would infinitely prefer that Putin run against Zyuganov rather than Primakov next year. The extreme nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, these days a faithful supporter of the government, is involved in one of his usual publicity-seeking fights, threatening to challenge the election results after losing a dispute with the central election commission. A new bloc trying to make its mark, the Union of Right Forces, led by Sergei Kiriyenko, enjoys Kremlin favor but may not make it into the Duma. Under Russian election laws, a party or movement has to obtain 5% of the vote nationwide before...