Word: gathering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Listening classes, however, are populated by gatherers. The students come to gather information and then to sort out that which they think is most valuable. Because the law of scarcity does not apply to information (it is in economic terms a "public good," its supply within the classroom is not exhausted or even diminished by one person's use) the atmosphere in listening classes is less overtly competitive. Triumph for the gatherer is a far less public affair than it is for the hunter. It comes from recognition of the breadth of opinions and ideas to which one has been...
Armchair Caesars have been spending the fall creating and crushing the virtual empires of this wonderful "artificial world" CD-ROM. The game--if that's the right word--puts players at the helm of a budding society, just crawling out of hunt-and-gather mode. Building your tribe into an empire proves to be a pretty addictive sensation, though it takes a mix of smart planning and tactical warfare to win the game. ($50; Spectrum Holobyte/Microprose...
...crowds (swat! swat! on the thigh), from which he emerged flushed and dazed and looking 10 years old. Assembling trivia, one noticed that Clinton, a big man, wears enormous suits that produce a kind of doofus-Armani effect, a huge unvented, shoulder-padded Frankenstein jacket and flopping trousers that gather at the ankles. Clinton's head, handsome from certain angles, took on a big-jawed Joe Palooka look if he turned slightly to the side; and then with knobby chin and brightening nose, he could seem a cross between W.C. Fields and Tip O'Neill--distinctly subcharismatic...
...Although I met Ben only a few times, I am an old and close friend of his father," Rudenstine said in a telephone interview. "From what I gather from his friends and family, he was a very extraordinary person. This came as a really devastating and completely unexpected blow from nowhere...
...officers gather for roll call in a bland, stark room that is plastered with pictures of wanted criminals. The watch commander reads reports from the previous two shifts, highlighting areas that need extra attention...