Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need the thrill of a graphical environment, you can use a UNIX program called "tin" to access newsgroups. After logging in to your fas account, type "tin" at the prompt...
...parlor proceeds that financed the Jewish zealots who set up house in an Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem, nearly provoking violent confrontation with the Palestinians and casting more blight over the peace process. It was not the first time his philanthropy had set off seismic reverberations. His money helped prompt the opening of a new exit to an archaeological tunnel in East Jerusalem a year ago that sparked a bloody three-day gun battle between Israeli and Palestinian security forces in which 76 people died. Trust between Israeli and Palestinian leaders has never recovered...
...newspapers that get their cues on the day's important news from the Times' front page. A Times morning-after analysis of a presidential debate can set the agenda for days of campaign coverage and punditry. Its decision to feature, say, a murder in Texas on Page One can prompt hordes of reporters to hop a plane south. Its critics can make or break a Broadway play or turn an obscure foreign film into tomorrow's hot ticket. The Times has the largest editorial staff, spends more money on newsgathering and has won more Pulitzer Prizes (74) than any other...
Several house residents complained about the problem to Adams Superintendent Bill Wong, and those interviewed said they were happy with the House's prompt response...
...categories, it remains too turbulent and diverse to pin down. This worries both advertisers and organizations such as the American Association of Retired Persons, the powerful Washington lobby group for the elderly. Its membership has dropped from 33 million in 1995 to 32 million today, despite A.A.R.P.'s uncannily prompt mailing of applications to boomers as they reach the half-century mark. "Boomers tend not to be quite the joiners that previous generations might have been," concedes A.A.R.P. spokesman Tom Otwell, who says he expects the vast postwar cohort to start signing up in droves once its members advance farther...