Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...move was necessary to allow Rockwell to concentrate more on its core businesses, principally factory automation and aviation controls. (A possible result of divided attention: Rockwell in 1998 overestimated demand for new high-speed computer modems and got caught with what turned out to be outdated products.) Why this particular target for surgery? The semiconductor business is more volatile than Rockwell's other lines, says Davis; its investment needs are different, and the way employees are paid and promoted is different. Also, most of its business is in California, while Rockwell's other plants and customers are mainly...
...they view as vulnerable because he opposes mandatory child-safety locks on guns and supports the right of Texans to carry a concealed weapon. Polls show that the massacre at Columbine High School has increased the size of the majority of Americans who favor gun control. Republican women in particular are shifting because of the tragedy. "It is an issue he intends to keep talking about," says Gore campaign chairman Tony Coelho. "He will let the American people decide which candidate for President will put kids ahead of guns...
...originally designed. (If that includes you, you should also consult your doctor about another drug, called alendronate, that may do a better job of preventing osteoporosis, although it gives some people severe heartburn.) The trick, as always, is to weigh the risks and benefits of drug treatment against your particular needs and medical history...
Special awards honored students with particular dedication to music and the arts as well as community service and "international understanding...
...name itself I wanted to change, it was the person who'd wear it on a "Hello my name is" sticker at countless introductory meetings in the fall. I wasn't horribly unhappy with life in high school, but I had learned after four years my own weaknesses, the particular defects of my personality I wanted to leave with my old name in Connecticut. Entering college is one of those precious few transition points in our lives where it really is possible to refashion our identities, and I was intent on taking advantage of it. No one from my high...