Word: raring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...began to appreciate the parts of theater other than plays, such as circuses, fireworks, fairgrounds and magic," Wilson said, "[and then] it turned out we had some rare material about the history of magic...
...rare opportunity for us to see what's going on in North Korea" said Steve W. Chung '01, co-chair for education and politics for the Korean Association...
...pure chance, it was Trippe himself who gave the jumbo its signature bulge. In a rare lapse of vision, Trippe thought the 747 would be superseded by a big supersonic jet, as cheap to run as a subsonic jet. Some hope...
Which brings us now to publishing. If ever there was a happy hunting ground for eccentrics, publishing is it. The industry produced more rare blooms than any other, ranging from Joseph Pulitzer (1874-1911), publisher of the New York World, to the very much alive Richard Mellon Scaife, 66, publisher of Pittsburgh's Tribune Review. Pulitzer suffered from nervousness so acute that he lived out his later years in double-insulated, soundproof rooms. As for Scaife, he spent some of his Mellon family megabucks (Alcoa, Mellon Bank) to buy a suburban newspaper, give it a Steel City moniker and publish...
...maybe not. But one thing is certain. The demand for skilled employees--especially technology people--will outstrip the supply for the next hundred years. Managers won't be able to tyrannize their rare and valuable technology experts. The balance of power will continue to shift. In the next generation, engineers will rule the corporate world...