Word: glitch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rudd W. Coffey '97, a member of the search committee for a new director of Harvard Dining Services, referring to what he called an administrative glitch that resulted in his not being invited to interviews of several candidates, and his failure to receive recommendations and resumes of candidates before interviews he did attend...
...last Thursday morning the telephone lines all over Beirut suddenly and mysteriously went dead. The glitch was probably caused by the city's notoriously fickle communication lines. But in retrospect, it seemed more like a sign that trouble was in the air. Literally in the air, it turned out: just off the coast, four Israeli helicopter gunships were loosing laser-homing Hellfire missiles and delivering Israel's first attack on Beirut in 14 years...
...language impairment afflicts up to 8% of otherwise normal children, most of whom go on to develop intractable problems with reading and writing. But Tallal and her colleagues take their findings one step further, and in doing so have aroused intense scientific controversy. They believe the same language-processing "glitch" may be the root of the more common problem of dyslexia, a reading disability that affects perhaps 15% of the population. If so, games like those that Keillan played could help at least some dyslexics whose impairment makes it hard for them to fully share in all the vital knowledge...
...This is not the end of history," Christopher theorized, "but history in fast-forward." Though he dismissed Fukuyama, the Secretary actually embraced the notion that industrial capitalism and its servant, representative democracy, will dominate the global marketplace unchallenged. America's interests he unfortunately believes, lie in the glitch-free maintenance of the present order...
CAPE CANAVERAL: "This was practically a flawless launch," reports TIME's Jerry Hannifin from the Kennedy Space Center, where the shuttle Endeavor hurtled into space early Thursday. "The only glitch was that it was a few minutes late while some extra safety checking was done. NASA took particular care and scrutiny with precautions on this launch because it fell 10 years to the month after the Challenger disaster, which killed all seven of its crew members. But they really couldn't have asked for better conditions. It was clear and cool, 44 degrees, but not as cold as the Challenger...