Word: clearing
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...provocative question, as we did in our Person of the Century poll(we are looking for "that person who, for better or worse, most influenced the course of history over the past 100 years"), and you can expect to get a provocative response. The excitement started immediately - and a clear leader emerged. Einstein? Gandhi? JFK? No, Mick Foley. The day after the poll launched, a robot attacked and cast thousands of votes for Foley, a professional wrestler. What is a robot, you ask? Robots, or "'bots," as we call them, are automatic voting programs that come into our web site...
...little we know is clear enough: HIV, a virus transmitted by bodily fluids, is contracted most often through unprotected sexual contact. It lies dormant within the body for anywhere from six months to, in a few cases, decades, and then appears to destroy the immune system. Drug treatment can delay the effects, but in the end, HIV weakens the immune system to the point where an opportunistic infection, something the body normally could fight easily, runs uncontrolled and causes death...
...example of the peculiar organization of consulting firms. There is a sense of rank and hierarchy within the firm that seems unrelated to the way people interact, but everyone's still conscious of it. Throughout the day, there were only a few moments when it was very clear that one person had more authority than another. Most interaction was informal and collaborative...
...really find any other explanation," she says. "The actions of the University in my case make it abundantly clear that the administration's rhetoric about Harvard's desire to attract and retain the most distinguished women in the world is empty...
...genuine," says Dowell. "As the mayor of Seattle noted, many Clinton administration officials were protesters themselves not so long ago." And, says Dowell, he is wise to acknowledge the misgivings harbored by many of the protesters. "Clinton accomplished something critical in his speech," says Dowell. "He made it clear that he understands that economic success is not equally distributed among the nations, and that he is more than willing to address that problem." Now he needs only to convince representatives from the 134 other WTO member countries - and thousands of angry protesters - that he not only understands the problems facing...