Word: hereness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Passion may be the most overused word in Silicon Valley, but here it's unlikely to refer to romance. While the second-wave emigres may be socially savvy, the enthusiasm they bring to bear on their businesses is narrowly focused. Distractions, including relationships, are largely unwelcome.
One week after arriving in the U.S., they have met with lawyers and potential investors. After spending the day tooling through San Francisco on a rented scooter, they arrive at Elroys elated, having found an apartment and office space. They are so fresh to the Valley that Luis and Thomas...
Slayton shares Bush's sunny, crowd-pleasing disposition. Enthusiasm comes easy to him. Midway through the breakfast, when Jack Oliver, Bush's national finance director, calls to tell the group that the Governor won't be phoning in as promised, Slayton reacts as if this is good news. "Thank you...
For a day or two last week, it really looked as though the Big One were finally here. Experts had been warning for years about the imminent arrival of Hurricane X, the killer storm that the law of averages dictates must sooner or later strike the coastal U.S., making such...
And here came Floyd. It was huge, spanning an astonishing 600 miles. It was intensely powerful, with sustained winds of nearly 155 m.p.h.--a Category 4 hurricane, only one step below the most destructive designation on the charts. Most significant of all, it was bearing down on the Atlantic coastline...