Word: lasered
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...overall goal is to get the attention of university leadership to focus with laser-like attention on cost,” Welch said in a phone interview from Vermont yesterday. “They can’t keep expecting the taxpayers to subsidize tuitions that are constantly beyond reach...
...messing with my head, of course, but it shook me. I decided to call blogger Gary Merson, whose HDGuru.com is the bible of the HDTV industry, and ask him the Passover question: How is the laser HD different from all other HDTVs...
...company's diagnostics unit, which Schwan oversaw before taking on the top job last year. Perhaps more than any of its rivals, Roche sees diagnostic machines and test kits as crucial to assessing and treating disease in the future. That belief, in turn, has led to a laser-sharp focus on "personalized medicine." So, for example, an oncologist will use a genetic test to pinpoint the exact kind of cancer her patient has and then proceed with a highly specific treatment course of Roche drugs. "For a long time, we acted as if all cancers are homogeneous," says David Heimbrook...
...Nationals was on the line in the regatta’s final race, but Watson proved resilient and finished ninth, earning her fifth place in the regatta—the final qualifying spot for Nationals. Watson’s achievement is particularly impressive because she has been sailing Laser Radios, the boats used in singlehanded regattas, for only two years. Most of the other competitors in the regatta have sailed these boats for much longer. The Harvard senior credits coach Michael O’Connor with helping her adjust to Laser Radios.“[O’Connor...
...common for Harvard students to make fun of their overly-zealous peers who have a laser-like focus on becoming doctors or investment bankers. Some of that derision may be deserved. But there is much to admire in pursuing a clearly articulated career goal. For those without a professional plan (and even for those who do have one) there is an implicit mission inherent in attending the world’s greatest university: to sate one’s intellectual curiosity. No minor administrative hurdles and no trivial commute should stand in the way, no matter what the subject...