Word: selecter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...imagine a medium that combines the switching and routing capabilities of phones with the video and information offerings of the most advanced cable systems and data banks. Instead of settling for whatever happens to be on at a particular time, you could select any item from an encyclopedic menu of offerings and have it routed directly to your television set or computer screen. A movie? Airline listings? Tomorrow's newspaper or yesterday's episode of Northern Exposure? How about a new magazine or book? A stroll through the L.L. Bean catalog? A teleconference with your boss? A video phone call...
With Roden out of the way, Howell became undisputed leader of the Branch Davidians in Waco, completing their transition from congregation to cult. He and a few select followers began recruiting new members on trips around the U.S., Britain and Australia. In 1990 he changed his name legally to Koresh, Hebrew for Cyrus, the Persian king who allowed the Jews to return to Israel after their captivity in Babylon. His apocalyptic theology converged with secular survivalism, with its programs for hunkering down amid stockpiles of food and ammo to endure a nuclear holocaust or social collapse...
Hunter said she will select Kirkland because "my sister lived there" and she is familiar with the house. Kesselheim "likes the attitude and the rooms in Kirkland" as well as the house's proximity to the Malkin Athletic Center...
Christopher M. Frank '96 said his blocking group will probably select Eliot, Lowell, and Kirkland because of the "image of the houses." Frank, House Choice The five most popular houses among first-years: House First Choice Overall Kirkland 92 255 Eliot 46 229 Dunster...
...They're always going off once a week at four in the morning." DeMay says. "Either people are messing around with them or there's something wrong with the fire alarm system."First-Year Preferences The chart denotes the percentage of 384 first-year students who said they will select each of the following houses in the lottery next week...