Word: listes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this list of potential applications--and their untapped economic potential--that has attracted so much interest. The U.S. Navy and Army are investigating diamond's usefulness both as a next-generation power-grid switch and as a wear-resistant coating for military equipment. Gemesis, a Sarasota, Fla., company that has been selling man-made gemstones for four years, sets aside a chunk of its R&D budget for the electronics industry. Even DeBeers, the dominant producer of mined gemstone diamonds, has acknowledged the la- tent power of synthetic diamonds (the preferred industry term). DeBeers has maintained a small business selling...
...easily confused by regional differences in Central and South American vocabulary. One night, for instance, she was sent out to the grocery store to buy palta (avocado, called aguacate in Central America) and came back, confused, with cucumbers. Lourdes, on the other hand, reads a to-do list like a Harvard student and executes accordingly. My host mother’s clear preference for the fluent help translates into a clear difference in their salaries. Julia’s employment options are sharply limited (she’s fortunate, in fact, to have a job in Argentina?...
...search panel last met with the Overseers on Dec. 3. At that meeting, the committee showed the board a list of about 30 presidential contenders, although the panel was seriously considering a shorter list of candidates at the time...
...home four pucks—including a hat trick Friday night—as the Harvard men’s hockey team beat Union and Rensselaer at the Bright Hockey Center this weekend. Meintel’s outburst lifted him to second on the team’s scoring list with nine goals.Meanwhile, Harvard (9-12-1, 7-9-1 ECAC) was 6-for-12 on the power play after converting only two of 21 attempts in the previous four games.The weekend wins moved the Crimson into a tie for sixth in the league standings with five ECAC contests left...
...apology is almost inevitable. On the current list, only Boxer - whose alleged gaffe was truly a frame-up - has avoided one. And the first attempt is usually inadequate. They apologize "if" anyone took offense at their remarks, which were "misinterpreted." Stimson of the Pentagon took the false impression route: he is so sorry that some people might have inexplicably gotten the impression that he meant what he obviously did mean when he said what he said (it clearly wasn't the best strategy; late Friday the Pentagon announced that Stimson had resigned because ""the controversy surrounding him...was hampering...