Word: lag
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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There will likely be a year’s lag between a seminar’s conclusion and the implementation of the designed course, he said. That year will help accommodate professors’ leave years, potential disapproval by the Gen Ed committee, or the actual creation of the course...
...emerged overnight. For the past few years, Greenpeace has been ranking and publishing electronics companies' greenness based on how toxic their products are, the efficacy of their recycling policies and their impact on the climate. (The Finnish cell-phone company Nokia holds the top spot, while Nintendo and Microsoft lag at the bottom.) The public scolding has helped prompt electronics makers to start changing product design and production - and encourage a private shift among electronics-industry workers, who, like many Americans, are gradually focusing attention on the environmental value of their work. Their bosses have noticed. "We're all citizens...
Everything But a Lullaby. Talk about taking your mission seriously. Westin's Chicago River North hotel has installed a testing room - a quasi sleep lab - created in consultation with sleep scientists, dedicated to figuring out how to help guests combat jet lag. It's unadvertised, but the Concept Room has been available to guests to reserve for about a year and has already spawned several sleep-inducing ideas - like blackout curtains - that are now standard in all Westin guest rooms. Another Concept Room program that will soon be rolled out nationwide is Sleep TV, a channel offering guided meditation...
...film starts out as rocky as the desert terrain on which Maher stands, clad in a sleek black suit, ready to take on modern religious extremists. Maher then appears driving in his car, engaged in a vain monologue that is unfortunately spliced throughout the film, causing it to lag. Luckily, most things that come out of Maher’s mouth tend to be downright hilarious—you just have to get past the fact that Charles, who directed “Borat,” chose to center Maher’s global road trip around a poorly...
...comedy to a play that can, at times, get heavy. Alison H. Rich ’09 also adds comic relief as Mrs. Winsley, a witness to the act of violence that changes the lives of Callie and Sara. While a few of the scenes in the hospital room lag, and detract from the ease of the rest of the show, the play mostly maintains a steady pace and keeps the audience wondering how everything will intertwine to complete the story. The intimate style of the Loeb Experimental Theatre is appropriate for this personally engaging play. The set, designed...