Word: mimics
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Noses have their advantages. They're cute, they're versatile, and they're small enough to be carried around. Which may be why the artificial odor detectors that engineers have been building since the 1950s to try to mimic the olfactory abilities of our built-in sensors have taken so long to find their way to the market--and then, in most cases, have flopped...
...Cornell have fought some monstrous battles on the ice, part of the attraction of the renewal of this rivalry is the participation of the crowd. From senior defenseman Mark Moore (and brothers Steve and Dominic) hearing the chants of "Moore-on" to senior netminder J.R. Prestifilippo watching the crowd mimic every single move he makes before the referee drops the puck, each player falls victim to some peculiar invective...
...main body of his letter, Knowles said that some departments are more successful than others at recruiting and retaining competent faculty, and that other departments should mimic their methodology...
...stung previously when they created single-focus Latin American funds and Asian funds, have been loath to initiate Internet-only mutuals. And judging by a scan of the holdings of the largest funds, they spent more time trying to imitate the old-line Standard & Poor's 500 index than mimic the hot stocks that individuals have chased successfully. Now they have to scramble to own these red-hot stocks and dump the laggards if they are to keep up with the new benchmark to beat: the NASDAQ 100, which is much more overweighted with dotcom names...