Word: plugging
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...early 1998, after she lost her husband of 38 years to leukemia, Brenda Andradzki Elliott found a way to start a new life. She went online and began making friends and learning. Elliott, now 58, would plug in at 3 a.m., when she couldn't sleep, and take an online course in a subject that had interested her for some time, navigating...
...also determined to plug the rest of the world into these horrors, to make leaders aware of their responsibility not just for their own citizens but also for the health of the global soul. Annan believes that nothing--particularly not state borders--should stand in the way of intervention. He believes that the old orthodoxy that states can do as they please behind their borders is nonsense in a world of borderless information and travel and communication. He has boiled down his thinking to a simple idea--call it the Kofi Doctrine--which has a chance of becoming as elemental...
...want to plug or unplug anything, you have to turn the Cube upside down. Not only is this a royal pain in the rump--for its size, the Cube is a weighty beast (14 lbs.)--but it also means the on-off switch can activate again through contact with the desk...
...ground on a submarine's grinding machine because other metals can leave a residue on the wheel, triggering imbalances that could lead to its dangerous disintegration. Only Navy-approved multi-outlet power strips are supposed to be brought onboard. Every clothes iron must have a three-prong plug...
...easiest and cheapest way to get the word out. Now they have the Internet. That means you too have to get on the Net to take advantage of the new rule, which takes effect in about 60 days. Make sure you have audio capability so you can plug in to conference calls. You won't get to ask questions, but you will hear what the analysts ask and how executives respond. Most online stock market sites give you fast access to company news. Check with any company you are tracking for a schedule of analyst calls. They are also listed...