Word: orderlies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That's absolutely not going to do it," shesays. "I think it's terrific, but no, in order tochange this problem, women have to share thepower... What Radcliffe will become will be a finething in itself, but it will not change the genderproblem at Harvard...
...cataracts. Others have been here before, of course. But because baby boomers are arriving in droves, these difficulties are getting an unprecedented amount of attention. Medical science has developed impressive techniques using lasers and corneal implants to correct vision defects. Some people, however, still need bigger type in order to read comfortably--and the publishing industry is coming to their rescue...
...have lived more than three times your years, have rarely understood the occurrences and the people in the world that I have pretended to give order to. Yet I write sentences that end in periods. An odd word, sentence, don't you think? It means an authoritative decision, a judgment (one is sentenced in a courtroom), as well as a definite part of the language. Yet anybody who writes one knows that in reality sentences roll on and come to no conclusions; typically, they are questions disguised as answers, even cries for help...
Feeling guilty, I decided to put my life in order using one of those free calendars on the Web that have been getting so much press on the business pages lately. I looked at jump.com (which Microsoft purchased last week) and the calendar on yahoo. com, but all those blank spaces made me feel like a scheduling failure. How could I ever fill them with enough meetings, deadlines and appointments to do them justice? But when.com (which was purchased a couple of weeks ago by America Online) was different. In addition to a generic calendar, it offers an events directory...
Getting started was relatively painless. I logged on to the when.com website, set up a secure ID and password and was ready to start entering appointments. Since the first day of my newly organized life was a Friday, the first order of business was, um, pleasure. I found the movie listings easily enough, but had to drill down several levels for the reviews, and unfortunately there was no way to scan recommended films or buy tickets online. I could see which books were just released and read reviews from a link to barnesandnoble.com but couldn't get a list...