Word: knocking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Early this year, people nationwide embraced the joys of Badu. Radio stations fixated on the latest X-Scape knock-off and started playing "On & On" in heavy rotation. On the strength of her critically acclaimed, multi-platinum debut album Baduizm, she headlined this year's "Smokin Grooves" tour. Badu was christened the sole female (Adrina Evans anyone?) in the neo-funk pantheon along with D'Angelo, Maxwell and Toni Rich. Her success showed '90s rhythm and blues could be smart, innovative and sexy...
...McLaughlin free kick from just outside the 18-yard box stunned Hartwick goalkeeper Peter Doneit, who could not contain the shot. The slight bobble by Doneit allowed sophomore Juan Carlos Montoy to knock home Harvard's first goal of the game...
...strings to generate a beautiful sound. The solo by Concertmistress Jen Burney '99 was one of the best parts of the first movement and, incidentally, authored the most entertaining program note: "young Antonin's musical talent was discovered early during his apprenticeship as a butcher." Was this a rhythmic knock-the-ham-hock knack? Or did Dvorak's vegan soul have him whistling carrion dirges...
...Same with Chevron and Microsoft. By 2:45 it was an upside panic. In fact, Intel triggered a frantic wave of buying simply by not denying a rumor, reported on CNBC, that it was about to announce a massive buyback. In fact, it has one already, but why knock a specious but positive report? In the closing hour I locked in profits from the morning that normally take me three to four quarters to ring up. The rest of the week traders staggered in and out of stocks madly until Friday, when trading seemed to just stop out of sheer...
...knock against palmtop computers has always been the same: too small to be useful as PCs and too big to make a mark as a personal organizer. But computer companies are getting better at miniaturizing everything from color screens to disk drives, and the result is a new collection of very small, very powerful computers that are surprisingly useful. Below are just the first in a series of small computers set to hit the market within 12 months. The machines are small enough and powerful enough to find a real home as communications and productivity tools...