Word: narrow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Simmons '98-'99 said the booths, which addressed specific issues, were more interesting than the speakers, who he said "represent a pretty narrow range on the spectrum...
...streets here are so narrow. It's no wonder that big American cars don't sell here. I don't see how they'd fit on these roads. The traffic is always horrible, so instead everyone here rides bikes. This actually makes it very dangerous for pedestrians. I can recount numerous occasions when I have nearly been run over by reckless bicyclists, on their way to school or work. Apparently, its a common threat all over Japan, Mr. Yamamoto likes to call them "kamikaze bikers...
...cable companies, by contrast, have a lot to learn. @Home's launch was delayed for months as it struggled to find a way to mesh its high-bandwidth system with the rest of the Internet, which is like an old mansion filled with narrow, twisty corridors and data-clogging culs-de-sac. One @Home innovation is to store data from frequently visited sites in giant computer files called caches--a solution that may not work if those sites change too quickly...
...that weren't enough, some of the Core areas offer courses so narrow in scope as to be ridiculous. For instance, the courses that count for Historical Study B cover the French Revolution, World War I and the Warren Court, 1953-1969. Period. While all of these periods and events are crucial to any person's understanding of specific historical occurrences, simply learning about one of them does not make an educated person. Which leads us to our old conclusion that the Core should allow survey courses like History 10, which teach not only methods but actual facts and dates...
English blames the season's retooling frenzy on the narrow-mindedness of network executives, who she says often feel their job is done once they secure the services of an onscreen superstar for a show. "You have to have a great star," she explains, "but you also need a great concept and really good writers. People were paying more attention to getting stars than other things, and they found out later that no person or group of people can carry a show alone. If you don't deliver with that first episode, audiences won't come back, no matter...