Word: prone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...father, "There are moments in one's life which are like frontier posts marking the completion of a period but at the same time indicating a new direction." Or John Stuart Mill whose intellectual crisis at age 20 led to mental breakdown--would that Core courses made Harvard students prone to similar breakdowns...
...EBAY O.K., so it's prone to outages. It has a few white elephants. It may not even be the best auction website. But this year, eBay became an economic phenomenon second only to the stock market. Every day, 250,000 new items are added and 1.5 million visitors make bids. Even the President praised the site and admitted trading on it. Is there anyone who hasn...
...LINUX November's anti-Microsoft court ruling was the icing on the cake for Linus Torvalds' operating system. Because it is "open source"--anyone can fix bugs in its code--Linux is the least crash-prone system around. That makes it a credible alternative to Windows...
...harbors murderous fantasies, or that he could go so far as acting them out? Even if parents know their child as an individual, they may not understand what he is capable of when in the company of another boy. Though it appears from public accounts that Harris was more prone to violence than Klebold, neither kid was likely to go on this rampage alone...
Prasse-Freeman is fast emerging as a reliable floor general for the Crimson. While still prone to the occasional rookie mistake (his 29 turnovers lead the team), he is starting to make better decisions with his passes, and has also demonstrated a definite ability to score. Prasse-Freeman poured in 15 points and notched the team's first double-double against Navy on Dec.4, then added a career-high 16 points in Harvard's loss to Boston University...