Word: leaping
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...says OS X—the Macintosh operating system released in 2001—“represents a leap forward for Apple...
...hour. About anything. My entries usually began with how stupid free-writing was, or how my contact lenses felt funny, or that it looked cold outside. But on day five, an almost complete story came out. It was about a female college student in New York—huge leap, I know. The Holocaust didn’t play center stage, but the girl was named after her grandmother, who was killed in a concentration camp. The Holocaust had become part of her identity...
...Semel, 62, wants to take the next leap, building the mythical bridge between the Internet and the entertainment world by putting Yahoo!'s stamp on everything from music to movies. The ultimate tool: streaming video, which allows websites to deliver content--from movies and TV shows to live news footage, celebrity interview clips and even three-dimensional representations of new cars with simulated test drives. In addition to The Apprentice, Yahoo! already streams regular clips from Entertainment Tonight, and has done a deal to webcast the first episode of Kirstie Alley's Fat Actress later this month. It will also...
...over military action. They assumed, perhaps naively, the best about human nature. It has been clear from the start that if President Bush was serious about his lovely rhetoric of freedom, his policy would have to involve more than the use of force. He would have to make a leap of faith about the ability of oppressed, impoverished and largely uneducated people to govern themselves. He is now midair in that leap and working without a net. "All the world is witnessing your great movement of conscience," Bush said at the National Defense University. "The American people are on your...
...recognize collegiate schedules as they are—not simply as parental instinct would have them be. The coming extension of library hours marks an important departure from the flawed paternalism that has sometimes held sway within University Hall. Deans, librarians, and administrators have taken the most important leap since 2 a.m. party hours towards recognizing and accommodating student realities...