Word: fusses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...regal composure last week as he became the first heir to the British throne to attend kindergarten. Arriving with the obviously anxious Prince Charles and Princess Diana, William politely shook hands with his teacher and turned obediently to wave a hand at the horde of journalists. Then, without fuss or fidget, the royal pupil disappeared into the basement classroom, where he began an introductory curriculum of paper and clay modeling, painting and music. Less than two hours later, William, as his classmates know him, emerged carrying his thermos and a new finger puppet. Remarked his pleased mother: "I think...
...HARD TO enumerate the benefits resulting from U.S. possession of Guantanamo Bay. The more interesting stance to consider is that of the Cubans'. One would think that they hate our presence there, and are kicking up a continual fuss over it in international forums. In fact, however, they have done very little of this since the first years of Communist control...
...column is being marketed by two Rupert Murdoch syndicates. Murdoch's New York Post managed to report the fuss without mentioning that the Post was carrying the column. Late last week News America Syndicate President Richard Newcombe said that E.A.V. Associates Inc. (a U.S. firm that licenses Vatican art reproductions) originated the column and apparently had not got the proper clearances. After conferring with the Vatican communications director, Archbishop John Foley, Newcombe announced that future columns would carry source references for John Paul's statements and that Foley's office would screen all the editing...
Some think the fuss is not worth the price. Rather than reducing costs, warns Robert Jones, an Atlanta regional manager with the real estate firm of Cushman and Wakefield, smart technology actually increases them; for one thing, more sophisticated workers are required to maintain the buildings. "We're no longer talking about boilers and fuse boxes," says Jones. "Maintenance crews today have to know what 'optimum start times' and 'digital control devices' mean." Others criticize the lack of choice implicit in a smart building, which gets its technology from only a few suppliers...
Last week in a brightly lit room at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., the first production model of the Cray-2 gurgled and glowed, and a nearby printer spewed out a string of characters: s905. B D/U WO/F 06/04 15:24:22 16a. Software Manager Dieter Fuss stared at the message and interpreted it for the assembled Livermore technicians and executives: "It just came alive and said, 'I'm ready...