Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hard to spot the first-year students, like Shuman, who already seem to be "connected": they're off to meet up with friends outside of their entryway and they're seen walking around en masse. Annenberg? Not a problem--they already have seats reserved for them with their high school buddies...
...worried first-years can take heart. Though the networks seem impenetrable and intimidating, that's not always the case. Often, people who know each other only cursorily will clump together during the first few weeks, seeming like longtime buddies...
...million investigation. If Cisneros had been a more astute Clinton disciple, he would have known not to leave a paper trail of any kind ? who needs all those hard facts haunting you during your trial? The only evidence you want presented against you is the testimony of witnesses who seem inherently untrustworthy and inspire even more animosity than you do, ? la Linda Tripp. It also doesn?t hurt to be pursued by an unbearably smug independent counsel. Now that Cisneros has settled his bill and can get on with his political career, he should stick to the straight...
...fear, uncertainty, doubt) factor that is sure to slow the pace of change at some big corporations never seemed to affect ex-farmer Zaitz, who says radical change suits him just fine. "I grew up on a dairy farm, where everything that happened in your life revolved around the cows," he says. Feeling trapped by the job, Zaitz often wondered, "'Boy, wouldn't it be great if you could go fishing anytime you wanted?' With Farms.com I wanted to create a lifestyle out of this business--and I did." B2B enterprises like his seem certain to keep cropping up until...
...gravitate to the Internet would be home mortgages. Unlike various other kinds of merchandise, they don't need to be tried on, smelled, tasted or prodded to determine how good they are or whether they fit. That is turning out not to be the case...so far. Americans still seem reluctant to double-click themselves into six-figure financial commitments. Though prospective borrowers are happy enough to do their research by computer, just 21% of folks polled for the 1999 Fannie Mae National Housing Survey said they would definitely or probably try financing a new home over the Internet. That...