Word: keeping
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...take advantage of that online explosion? The Net had been, until 1994, a largely commerce-free zone. It was created by the Defense Department to keep its network of computers communicating in case of nuclear attack. The system then evolved into a network over which university and government researchers could exchange messages and data across most computer platforms...
...constantly told not to get too attached to our office," says Marcus, who has moved nine times in three years. Resettling in the suburbs might make sense, but the troops keep voting it down, clearly dreading Seattle's horrendous traffic. Instead they huddle outside PacMed in a chilly dusk drizzle, awaiting one of the vans that crisscross the city from one Amazon outpost to another. "Imagine how much they're paying us," a shivering woman complains, "to stand here waiting for a ride...
...Students at Harvard don't just use their computer in their room," he said. "[The portals are] an easy way to keep things with you as you move around campus...
...example, he said, many users keep a list of favorite Internet links--called bookmarks--on their personal machines. But they can't access these bookmarks when they move to a different machine in a computer lab or at a kiosk...
...Each cup of grease, motor oil or fertilizer we can keep out of the river brings us closer to our goal," said the EPA's New England administrator John P. DeVillars in the release...