Word: piggybackers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shaking up the way America does business. People are quitting their day jobs and finding they can support themselves entirely by selling on eBay and other auction sites. Traditional retailers are significantly augmenting their revenue by selling on eBay, and some are shutting down their stores entirely. Businesses that piggyback onto online auctions--insurers, shippers, escrow services--are booming. Offline businesses that compete with eBay--from antiques stores to classified-ad sections--are bracing for trouble...
...student groups tried to allay these concerns, urging their fellow House residents to be vigilant in ensuring that only Harvard students be allowed to "piggyback" through frequently-open doorways...
...manage to piggyback our way into 20 DeWolfe St. Clearly that which was supposed to be happening on the first floor is not. In the elevator, I ask a fellow passenger about party possibilities. He sternly warns us, "Don't go to to the 6th floor--there's nobody there...
...least two locked doors should shield a student's room from the outside world. Many House Masters were wary of giving access to large swaths of the campus--as well as potential intruders, who could more easily "piggyback" into the building...
...Campos has been warned not to expect one. That is a dramatic change from last year, when more than 400 tubal ligations were performed at South Valley Hospital. In fact, nearly a fifth of all deliveries were immediately followed by the operation, which takes 15 min. and can often piggyback on the same epidural painkiller used during labor. So what changed? Well, South Valley became St. Louise Regional Health Center, and the hospital's new owner--Catholic Healthcare West--required the newly configured hospital to abide by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services...