Word: cools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bezos get away with that? Because he believes most nonproprietary shopping agents aren't yet ready for prime time. But there's a whole host of cool new bot technologies out there that may force Amazon to think again. Take mySimon.com the most successful of the independent bot sites. It's about to start a service that will e-mail you whenever any online merchant lowers its price for a particular item to an amount you're willing to pay. Feeling frugal about that $150 pair of binoculars? No problem; sit back and wait until the market takes it down...
Enter the excimer laser. Originally developed in the 1970s for the precise etching of computer chips, it is a so-called cool laser, meaning that it can cut through almost any material without generating a lot of heat damage. That's just the kind of exacting low-impact tool surgeons needed to rework the delicate tissues of the eye. So a company called Summit Technology, of Waltham, Mass., dedicated itself to figuring out how to adapt the excimer laser to eye surgery. Today, Summit and another company, Visx, of Santa Clara, Calif., dominate the eye-laser industry...
Eric, whose disease seems to have been contained by the treatment, expresses awe of his father's achievement as only a youngster would. Says he: "It's a really cool thing." No one is likely to disagree with that heartfelt opinion...
...result. Even the jocks were in shock. "He? She? Whatever!" said Fidel Ramos, a hefty linebacker. "They shouldn't fire her." Sophomore Kevin Owen agreed: "It's not his fault he has a disease." And Gentry Stroud, a 16-year-old basketball star, lamented the departure of "a cool teacher. Just because you change how you look, it doesn't change your brain...
...movie. Jim Carrey is so nice. When he hosted the show I was a little shy, definitely startstruck - he's so talented. And Ron Howard is the nicest guy - he is truly a great director and just a pro. Jim approaches comedy very seriously, but he's really cool, down to earth, and I have so much respect for him. So I feel a little intimidated - I guess like I'm not worthy...