Word: partings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sense of possibility is so corny it's infectious. By the end of dinner, they are even using the right metaphors. "Everybody wants the gold," Thomas says. "The difference between this country and the next one is that here there's no penalty for failing. The thrill of taking part is far more important than whether you win or not. This happens once in a lifetime. Even if we don't make any money, at least we can say we were there...
...complains, in part because most of the employees just graduated from college and don't know any better, and in part because, as one says, "we're in the music space, and people think that's cool." If any employees do gripe, Hinman--who recycles old business cards by crossing out his former employer's name and scribbling MongoMusic.com on them--can remind them that for six weeks in 1995 he lived in a tent on the roof of a Stanford physics lab. And despite the sweatshop conditions, Hinman is a benign manager. "When 5 o'clock on Friday rolls...
...Midway through the breakfast, when Jack Oliver, Bush's national finance director, calls to tell the group that the Governor won't be phoning in as promised, Slayton reacts as if this is good news. "Thank you so much for calling in, Jack. It's an honor to be part of the team. We're rocking out here." At the end of the event, he's a whirlwind of handshakes and high-fives. He is halfway out the door when he buttonholes an attendee: "Kiddo! Do we have your wife on board for Silicon Valley Bush 2000?" The man nods...
...strong will those storms be? That's harder to estimate, in part because a very big storm is in some ways its own worst enemy. "A hurricane has a noticeable cooling effect on the ocean," explains atmospheric scientist Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Indeed, at a certain stage of its life cycle, a storm of a given size will stir up enough cold water to put a halt to its growth. At that point, scientists say, it has come into equilibrium. Maintaining that balance is especially hard, because if a hurricane stirs up too much...
...Ryder Cup to be held this week at the Country Club in Brookline, Mass., remains a feverishly awaited golfing event, no thanks to us--spelled U.S. While Europe's players have done their part to create a biennially thrilling competition, some of America's spoiled businessmen pros have voiced annoyance at having to endure three days of nerve-twanging match play for less pay than they'd make finishing 10th at the Greater Billings Open. Boo to them--and bring on Sergio...