Word: promptness
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...would have no problem granting this variance in another location," said a board member who went on to vote against the appeal. "This violates the Dunster Street atmosphere, and it would prompt activities not appropriate for the rest of the environment...
Officials hope that the United States' actions will prompt countries to follow suit, eventually forcing the Burmese government to form a dialogue with pro-democracy forces...
...means assured. Some executives say privately that the plan would have to grow to twice its present size--112,000 enrollees--in order to spread costs over a wide enough base to stay viable. That means attracting more companies, and even in Minnesota the idea is too radical to prompt more than a kind of nervous interest. Then too, Minneapolis-St. Paul is somewhat unique because of its close-knit business community and well-educated work force. So far, the only feeler from out of state about establishing a similar plan has come from Des Moines, Iowa...
...such an unreasonable conclusion given the current tilt in the Core toward the humanities, but one that is likely to elicit a negative reaction from many undergraduates. This is because most people simply do not like math. To a majority of the population (even at Harvard), the word can prompt feelings of terror, fear and even disgust. Indeed, it is a disturbing national trend that ignorance of mathematics is not seen as being embarrassing akin to illiteracy, but rather is to some a source of pride...
...consider the ritual required of the owners of laptop computers. You must turn on the computer and, all too often, attempt to explain the concept of a C prompt to someone who seems to think it's a nice name for a speedboat. Last time I was well into the theory of dos before it struck me that the real question is why anyone should be reassured by seeing a computer screen light up at the flick of a switch. Surely the same geniuses who manufacture laptop-shaped bombs can design one that's programmed to flash GOOD MORNING, BARBARA...