Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study, conducted by an online news agency, APBnews, and a Pennsylvania consulting firm, the CAP Index, studied the likelihood students would be victims of violent crime on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods...
...Vientiane International School, I read with great interest the article on new software programs for students [Oct. 4]. I found it ironic that the Encarta Reference Suite 2000 was endorsed as a tool when it encourages plagiarism. An application that allows students to "cut and paste'' electronic information to index cards, then export that material to a word-processing program for editing and arranging, clearly does just that. In addition, it gives the students the impression that Encarta is the be-all and end-all in the research process. Research, however, means hunting and collecting information from a wide variety...
...challenges, small business is still bullish. As just one example, the National Federation of Independent Businesses' small-business optimism index, a measure of perceived growth prospects, rose to 102.4 in September, a jump of nearly three points from a year ago. Says NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg: "Small businesses love challenge and change. There's no better time to be a small business...
...here's another one from skinful.com: Use a lubricant to wet the tip of your index finger and thumb before gently applying pressure to the clitoris. Use your other hand to slowly rub the backs of your thighs, stomach and vagina. Three cheers for the Internet...
...Wall Street. In the morning, the Dow Jones Company announced it was dumping four underperforming stocks from its Industrial Average in favor of four darlings of the new economy. Out were old-school companies Sears, Goodyear, Chevron and Union Carbide. In their place the 30-company index added Intel, Microsoft, SBC Communications and Home Depot. If nothing else, adding four high-flying stocks will be good medicine for an index mired for the past month in the Dow-drums...