Word: lose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...itself as if conserving all energy for a mind whose unfathomable power emerges only via his ever gleaming eyes. Whether peering over a winning poker hand in a Harvard dorm, patiently waiting out one of Jobs' flailing rages or cutting a deal with some hapless executive, Hall never loses--or lets us lose--sight of Gates as the man who will be king...
...that connects man to Net--from anywhere--has been the stuff of geek dreams. Now, at long last, vaporware has been made silicon. On my VII, I've received e-mail from my wife while riding under Manhattan ("Stop showing that thing in the subway!" she wrote. "You'll lose it...") and whined at editors while on the railroad whizzing to work. I've read real-time Long Island Expressway traffic updates while sitting in my office 23 floors above the ground--and, after ignoring them, bailed myself out with custom-made driving directions while stuck in bumper-to-bumper...
...full-service, full-fee brokerage, is getting into the discount game; Charles Schwab, the original no-frills discounter, now charges some of the highest commissions online and offers a full menu of advice. Meanwhile, major exchanges are moving toward evening hours so day traders have more time to lose their money. This special market for insomniacs will eventually go 24 hours, all but ending the family meal and any shot at a good night's sleep...
...harassment and arrest, his voice is still one of encouragement. For scientists his career remains a model of the moral responsibility that must accompany innovation. And Sakharov might remind the West too that freedom is fragile, that if democratic societies are not protective of their liberties, even they may lose it. On the night of his death, after returning from a tempestuous meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies, Sakharov told his wife Yelena Bonner, "Tomorrow there will be a battle!" That battle--at its core, the battle of individuals striving to shape their own destinies--must continue...
...team now looks to next year with great confidence. Harvard will lose only one player, senior Becky Gaines. Rising seniors Leslie Bennett and Angela Munoz will join Hodge as co-captains of the team...