Word: chimed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...STEP 6: TURN OFF THE CHIME. Nothing triggers a Pavlovian response faster than a ringing bell, but a flashing icon in the task bar comes close. Turn both off and your urge to check will diminish over time...
LANDIS: First of all, I'll chime in on Amkor and Veritas. We own both. If I had to pick one company in the networking space, it would be Ciena. We have a big position in them. It's optical networking. So that's kind of a dirty word right now. But they're really firing on all cylinders. It's not a cheap stock, but it's holding up very well in the midst of really tough conditions, and that's what great companies do. For photonic components, we still like Corning. That's going to be a great...
...interior of the ministry is still outfitted partly with rotary-dial phones. And typewriters. Bells chime every workday at 3 p.m. to remind employees to do their calisthenics. Small things, of course, but they are signs that while the U.S. zipped along a new technological path in the 1990s, Japan was stuck in a slow-motion devolution from economic miracle to financial debacle, doing things the old way by subsidizing money-losing industries. "I used to be asked quite a lot to give advice to Americans, to explain our success," says Ryozo Hayashi, a vice minister. "But it's been...
...bass lines, and it would be a nice contrast to hear these songs performed by a sympathetic backing band, but the overall intimate ambiance is key to the project's feel. While his voice is often distorted, the sound of the instruments is clear, and guitars ring and chime nicely...
...stakes are just as high now, but seem so only to a narrow band of us who feel like we're shouting to reach the public over the e-mail chime and PlayStation 2. Our next President may preside over the first catastrophic terrorist attack and will appoint Supreme Court Justices who may completely reshape the social landscape. But these questions seldom come up in the national political conversation. Today's ambitious girl from the sticks might think Silicon Valley a more happening place...