Word: coaster
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CYBER CYCLONE: It's do-it-yourself coaster thrills on CyberSpace Mountain at DisneyQuest, the huge video arcade in Florida's Walt Disney World. Visitors design their own ride, including broken track and 360[degree] loops, then are strapped into a pitch-and-roll simulator for 90 seconds of disorienting fun. Fret not, coaster geezers: though you don't go far, you can still get motion sickness...
...market roller coaster has taken universities around the country for a wild ride--with, perhaps, a few more loops in store--leaving its reluctant passengers bruised and battered but, many say, fundamentally unhurt...
...moment, Harvard investors plan to ridethe roller coaster and focus on the University'slong-term financial situation...
...tide of investor cash. Just this week Procter & Gamble, a charter member of the S&P 500, announced that it could not meet its growth targets. Coca-Cola too has stumbled on slower overseas growth. And the computerized "sell programs" have made the Generals ride a roller coaster of late...
...last year has been a period of rapid change and self-understanding, mostly attributable to reflecting on these small, meaningful nuggets. Although I've unearthed many milestones over the last 12 months, this past summer the opportunity arose to halt the roller coaster ride of life to explore where I'd been and question where I was going, instead of letting the scenery pass by in a flurry...