Word: dos
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...about polyunsaturated fat or protein or carbohydrates? Neither do I. But much of the nutritional advice that has bombarded us over the years is full of such mystifying numbers. Trouble is, people eat peas and pound cake, not percentages. So it can be tough translating dietary guidelines into everyday dos...
...decided to boycott the elections despite U.S. diplomatic pressure, and the Serbian opposition again failed to unite. The largest opposition party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, decided to nominate their own presidential candidate, while the other major opposition parties came together under the name of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS). What Milosevic failed to predict was that DOS would grow exponentially in strength and that it would produce a worthy opponent to Milosevic himself, Dr. Vojislav Kostunica...
Despite a two-to-one advantage in the electorate, however, Kostunica's victory is far from certain. Milosevic is preparing to commit fraud on a level never seen before. Electoral committees are state-controlled and DOS can do little to ensure the legitimacy of the election process. The regime will eliminate the opposition supporters from the lists of eligible voters while allowing its supporters to vote under several names. Employees of state-run enterprises will receive pre-filled voting slips in advance. As if that was not enough, Milosevic is ready to openly steal the votes of the Kosovo Albanians...
Severely overmatched, DOS's only plausible strategy is to bring people to the streets in large numbers even before Milosevic has a chance to declare his victory. The opposition will hold rallies in major cities on the night after the election where results will be announced as they arrive. They hope that the presence of millions of people on the streets of Serbian cities will put Milosevic on the defensive, forcing him to accept the opposition victory rather than risking a confrontation which might lead to divisions and defections within his own party...
...process is to manufacturing what DOS was to the personal-computer business in its early days. If it proves itself, it will lead the way toward an entirely new system of manufacture in which we can make things digitally. "If operating systems could run computers, they should be able to run a factory," Kirila says. "My big question was this: How do you leverage everything that is happening in the information age and use it to build tangible products...