Word: followers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Retreats have a particular rhythm. Visitors who choose to follow the bells chiming out the call to offices, or services, start with Lauds at 2:25 in the morning and end with Compline at 7 in the evening. Many say night and day lose their meaning as they enter monkish time. "I come screaming in off the runway," says Joyce Bock, a Santa Barbara, Calif., marriage counselor. "This cools my jets." Most monasteries either ask for complete quiet or at least have silent hours. The idea is that in silence one can't hide from one's problems, or from...
...with the Web and smaller networks? A number of digital cameras already come with input/output ports like FireWire, which links with your PC and printer for easy editing, storage and printmaking. Ditto for cell phones: Nokia and Ericsson already sell digital models with networking capabilities, and others will soon follow...
...some reason, everyone I knew and their parents saw the letter. (You wouldn't believe how carefully people in my town follow local news and yet are so clueless about international events.) At work, people approached my father and praised my letter's form (ugh). Friends and acquaintances also made some comments about how amusing it was to see me write a letter to the paper...
...million of the $300 million pledged, have yet to finish the module that will serve as the astronauts' living quarters, causing consternation throughout the project. "We're not talking about assembling a Lego toy," gripes a NASA official, pointing out that the work the U.S. is undertaking must necessarily follow that done by Russia...
...health identifier." The proposal: To take the doctor's notes and hospital files on everyone in the country, centralize them, and assign us all tracking numbers. Pros: When you move, you won't have to go through the hassle of transferring your records; plus scientists will be able to follow the spread of contagious diseases much more effectively. Cons: Some 14-year-old hacker might find out about that embarassing gland condition...