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...think ShuttleGirl is an incredibly elegant solution," Delvecchio says of her ability to multitask. "One algorithm does everything...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Boys Behind ShuttleGirl | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

They can breathe easier now. In contrast to the more conservative gatekeepers at Merriam-Webster and The Oxford English Dictionary, the editors at American Heritage practice a linguistic open-door policy. Give us your "shock jocks," your "scuzzbuckets," they say. Give us your "digerati" yearning to "multitask." "People look at the dictionary as a normalizing thing," says executive editor Joseph Pickett. "It helps to give the word codified status." Not all words, thankfully. Take "stalkerazzi," which gained currency after Lady Diana's death. The term was considered for the dictionary but couldn't produce convincing credentials. Maybe it lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give Us Your Scuzzbuckets | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...factory owners realized that time was money--a notion that led to the first so-called efficiency experts in the 1920s--the idea of making every second count began to spread through society. Result: efficiency became an American virtue. Today every conceivable business is open around the clock; we multitask frantically, applying makeup or talking on the phone while driving; we cram our kids' lives with team sports and lessons. Children don't play anymore: they schedule play dates. "We are," says author Gleick, "driven by time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Riddle of Time | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...modem connection is just another phone call. But for all our high-tech wizardry, my friends still get a busy signal even if I'm just deleting junk e-mail or downloading a song. I may get a little drowsy at the keyboard, but I can still multitask--if only my PC will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Never Too Busy | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...life for me," the seasoned campaigner concludes, noting that her tendency to multitask "is actually a timesaver...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: For Rawlins, Two Lunches And Coffee Is Business as Usual | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

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