Word: onboard
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...first-graders had shown no progress toward reading, a majority now advanced at a normal rate. But, says Thompson, "we couldn't take it to scale. We had all these schools with all this need, and we only had the money to do it small"--until the Barksdales got onboard...
Last month Republicans, Democrats and the White House seemed to be onboard behind the increase. Committees in both houses of Congress passed bills raising the cap by differing amounts. Then the Clinton Administration, eyeing a window of political opportunity, upped the ante last month, proposing also to grant legal status to some illegal aliens. It's about "fairness and equity," says Gene Sperling, director of President Clinton's National Economic Council. Key Democrats quickly adopted the initiative, targeted at immigrants from Central America and Haiti living...
...that today is any slouch: We already have onboard navigation systems and infrared night vision and in-car satellite links and antiskid brakes and other electronic Samaritans poised to take control when we screw up behind the wheel. Jaguar's adaptive cruise control, available today, tracks the speed and position of the car in the lane ahead and automatically adjusts the speed to keep a safe time interval...
Finally, I'd pay extra for an onboard supercomputer able to sense a parking spot 10 blocks away and beam an electronic force field there to save it until I arrived. Whoops, this just in: experts now forecast that by the year 2025 there won't be any parking spots. Drat! There goes the age-old dream of a handheld, Star Wars-based, in-car parking-meter jamming device...
...bigger and even more resplendent sister ship. The Queen Mary will be the largest passenger ship ever built, with palatial interiors to accommodate 2,500 guests. It will have suites, staterooms and apartments--not with portholes but each with its own private balcony. Mary will also have her own onboard brewery...