Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...willingness to work flat-out is a trait found almost universally in the best students, says Karen Arnold, a Boston College associate professor of higher education. Arnold has spent 17 years following the lives of 81 Illinois students who graduated at the top of their class. These valedictorians, she found, relied less on native intelligence than on effort. "They were hardworking. They were persistent. School was at the center of their lives...
...people who have never been in an IMAX theater, or who have only seen the shows on flat rectangular screens, the five-story dome of the museum's Omni Theater is quite a pleasant shock. The screen curves and stretches upward on all sides until the panels catch up with each other and meet harmoniously in a perfect half-sphere, forming a deceivingly delicate, pearly shell that encompasses and dominates the audience for the entire show. The viewer might be tempted to complain about neck strain, but the seats do recline. Besides, when the movie actually starts, one will realize...
...came out flat," freshman forward Joey Smolen said. "We weren't getting good touches, and we weren't playing with enough intensity. In the second half, we were more into the game, but I don't think it was until we scored the first goal that we realized this was a team we should be beating. And after that, it was too late to get back into the game...
...Pane Romano avec Nutella that they serve at the Parisian cafe in Holyoke Center? Never. So maybe I should shop at Diesel, develop an accent, and let my attitude skyrocket. Or I could go a step further and do it the real way: take a semester off, rent a flat in London, and acquire a taste for Prada and Versace...
...little bit of a rocky start," Nash said. "We came out a little bit flat...