Word: scatteration
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...West African neighbors, such as Nigeria and Guinea, which wanted to see Kabbah restored. Last February an ECOMOG military force pushed the junta from power, driving the rebels out of the capital, and Kabbah reassumed his office. ECOMOG hoped that once the rebels had been removed, they would scatter and disappear into neighboring countries such as Liberia, becoming less of a threat...
From the safe haven of the ivy tower we will scatter widely, both geographically and professionally. Some of us may not last through the end of the 20th century. Others may make it through the 21st century and into the 22nd century. If this happens, and life becomes even longer, it may be due to one of our own's findings. That would leave the rest of us to report on the finding, critique it, buy stock in it and design policy around it. A few of us would ignore it completely. All of this would happen in Bilbao, Chicago...
Windows applications are more devious; instead of placing their system additions in one directory, they scatter a variety of .INI, .VXD and .DLL files across your hard drive. It's harder to remove these old files yourself; with names such as WW601X.DLL and ABW.INI, you can't always tell what files go with what programs...
...news for small investors is the same old buy-and-hold; once the big cash is back at home, the U.S. markets will stabilize. Indeed, by closing Thursday, there were signs this had already begun. But if the bears don't scatter, and suddenly the Dow's closer to seven grand than eight, listen to Kadlec: "That could be a heck of a buying opportunity...
...greatest picture I have ever seen/so I stole it for myself so you could see just what I mean/and this alluvial fan it represents my life/I've go the strength the move but...why should I." The beauty of her songwriting lies in its mystery--are the lyrics scatter-brained, piecemeal irrationality or a dense, meaningful prose? Hanley won't divulge and instead evades the real answer, "I don't want to ruin...the image the listener gives to the song...