Word: gluts
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...glut of talent characterizes the distance freestylers. Sophomore Andrew McConnell, though coming off an injury, is a NCAA qualifier who won the 1000 freestyle at the 2000 Easterns. Look for junior Ben Hanley and sophomore John Persinger to reach the next level this year...
...perennial problem--so called "orphan classes" that were taught irregularly and by different professors--has been eased by the glut of new hires...
...indeed a testament to the triumphs and pitfalls of ever-changing, ever-challenging human/technology symbioses, it is also an autobiographical benchmark on Radiohead's evolutionary path. 1993's Pablo Honey saw the Oxfordians feel their way through the essence of being a so-called alternative band in a glut of Seattleites. Zeitgeist-capturing grunge-guitar riffs, perennial themes of love and loss, and charmingly obtuse self-loathing (remember "Creep?") earmarked the band for their potential in the mainstream music scene, and, more importantly, heralded the band's existence as a self-aware musical entity...
...along with the power come potential pitfalls. Lawyers are predicting a glut of "cybersmear" libel lawsuits by targets of malicious online gossip. "Companies are not particularly sensitive about someone standing next to a water cooler and griping about someone else," says Blake Bell, a New York lawyer and editor of a website called CyberSecuritiesLaw. "But these messages go out to so many people that they're very concerned." Although the sites give their posters--who generally use pseudonyms--a feeling of anonymity, they're usually not anonymous at all. Faced with a subpoena, most sites will readily divulge a poster...
...five to seven years instead of two to three? Can somebody say B2B shakeout all over again? Tom Nolle, president of the consulting firm CIMI, warns that there is too much bandwidth capacity already and that once the current wave of network building is finished, there could be bandwidth glut at the backbone level...