Word: rapid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Trilogy plans to continue its rapid rate of hiring, tremendous growth poises a problem as the company tries to cater every potential client...
...turn. As Art Nouveau and Art Deco became too popular and expensive, younger people began to search for something else that looked cool enough to claim as their own. The '50s were a neat fit. Like the current decade, it was a time of optimism and excitement when rapid technological change led people to think about the future. Financially, things were on an upward tick, and America saw few imminent threats to its power. But more important than the current premillennial bout of optimism, the fascination with the stark elegance of the '50s reflects a backlash against...
...never fails. You're sitting in your doctor's examining room wrapped in a paper gown. You've asked every question you can think of and tried to absorb the rapid-fire answers. But when you get home, you realize there's one maybe-not-so-urgent item you left out. Do you a) call your doctor's office and play telephone tag for the next three days, or b) log on to the Internet and seek out an online physician...
Justice contends that it was Microsoft's aggressive use of its market power--not the quality of its browser--that accounts for Internet Explorer's rapid growth at Netscape's expense. To make the point, Justice unveiled a memo from Hewlett-Packard complaining that Microsoft had prohibited it from installing Netscape if it wanted to keep installing Windows on its computers. "We are very disappointed," an H-P manager wrote. "From a consumer perspective, it is hurting our industry. If we had another choice of another supplier, based on your actions here, we would take...
...seriously, I may think I know the Web, but many of you don't, and even what I know is constantly becoming outdated with rapid changes in Internet infrastructure, hardware and the social mindset of its users...