Word: hub
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hub is--and will be--solidly progressive. Both candidates for the Sixth and Eighth districts are shoo-ins in the November general elections. According to Grossman, last night's fundraiser netted more than $1 million for party coffers, a figure that exceeded his expectation...
Several programs which examine scholarshipthrough "the gender lens"--including the Committeeon Degrees in Women's Studies in the Faculty ofArts and Sciences and the new Women and PublicPolicy Program at the Kennedy School--would gain acohesive hub, controlling academic overlap withinthe University. The move would also further theRudenstinian legacy of fostering interfacultyinitiatives...
...plane it calls the A3XX and promises to roll out the monster by 2004. Boeing says its own "medium-large" 767s and 777s can easily connect cities such as Cincinnati, Ohio, and Frankfurt, Germany, eliminating the need for superjumbo jets to gather passengers from around the country at hub airports like New York City's J.F.K...
...push in September for E*Trade's stab at a "financial portal" called Destination E*Trade. Originally slated for a roll-out last May, the E*Trade site is supposed to be the personal finance and investing version of ESPN Sportzone or CBS Sportsline -- a central hub with monster traffic that's worth money to other marketers. This suddenly seems workable, especially if Softbank's even bigger web investments throw traffic to E*Trade. In related online broker news, Charles Schwab -- the largest service with 1.8 million web accounts -- has unveiled a new site design...
...issue Bishop is particularly sensitive about is his position in the Rat Pack. He was the pro comedian who anchored the group's anarchic stage performances and conceived much of its material--Sinatra called him "the Hub of the Big Wheel." He and Martin were also the only ones who could make jokes at Sinatra's expense. Yet Bishop is often portrayed as the expendable member, the one who was lucky to be along for the ride, the Ringo. In books he usually has fewer index entries than even Lawford. "One guy wrote that I worked with the Rat Pack...