Word: minis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...short-sightedness is amplified by Harvard's disjunct schedule. The exam break that began yesterday creates, in effect, two mini-seasons, in which a single big win seems to make a season, and consecutive losses are a disaster...
Cabot's basement is not exactly the most aesthetically pleasing study venue that Harvard has to offer, which is exactly why it fits the needs of the procrastinator. No fun and exciting decorations to look at. Visual distraction is eliminated by mini- malism. Avoid the comfy couches and chairs near the basement entrance: if any procrastinator sits here, she becomes the basement's welcoming committee for any and all remote acquaintances. In addition, these comfortable furnishings are more conductive to sleep than study...
...mini-war may be over, but the bullets, both verbal and literal, keep flying in Iraq. The live rounds Monday came in Iraq's northern no-fly zone as U.S. planes hit an Iraqi air defense battery after being fired upon. Iraq's government said four soldiers were killed after U.S. bombs made at least two direct hits on the emplacement near the city of Mosul. Meanwhile, Iraq was shifting its position on the U.N.'s oil-for-food program. One day after causing a minor stir by threatening to expell some 400 workers who monitor the program, Iraq...
...considered her dead. The marriage seemed cursed. Hannah's young son died in a fall from a pony. Her husband was passed over by Lord Aberdeen for the post of Secretary at the Admiralty. And so on. In the Rothschilds, Ferguson finds enough great material for a dozen mini-series...
While specialty stores have taken the lead in making shopping more of an adventure, the old-line department stores are getting the idea too. A $10 million overhaul under way at Marshall Field's Chicago flagship will result in the addition of a mini-museum paying homage to the city and detailing the store's long history. Among the other new features: a visitor's center, where a concierge will arrange theater tickets for shoppers, and a business center, where customers can send faxes, catch up with CNN or get their shoes shined...