Word: send
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Microsoft job, says Mike Blain in the Communications Workers of America newsletter, "you come into Microsoft and interview with a guy. He wants to hire you, so he sends you to a temporary agency. They hire you and send you back." Now Blain, a former editor of technical material for Microsoft, is using e-mail and the Internet to help organize Microsoft workers under the CWA. Organizers have met with Microsoft employees and held meetings at the King County Labor Council. "Our labor is very much in demand," adds Blain, "and we're going to exploit that as much...
...happy surfing. And keep a lookout for further TechTalks. As this is my first, please let me know what you think. You can also send me ideas for later columns, so that the experience of reading TechTalk is enjoyable and interesting. Elliot Shmukler '00 is a junior living in Adams House. He is The Crimson's general informational guru and can be contacted by email at elliot@thecrimson.com...
That's not just hot air. "You'll not only be able to send up instruments cheaper than by rocket (for less than $2 million, vs. $40 million for the least expensive Delta launcher)," says astronomer Jack Tueller, program scientist for NASA's balloon project, "you'll also be able to assemble and launch your package quicker and carry more weight--up to 3,000 lbs.--and the instrument isn't subjected to vibrations or high Gs." Moreover, the scientific gear (though not the balloon) will be recoverable, drifting back to earth by parachute at the end of a mission...
...crooner. Wallflower Marcia still lives with her parents. Marcia catches Mike's act; they fall for each other and seem headed for happily ever after until Marcia discovers Mike gobbling up fresh frog roadkill. Not your average boy-meets-girl story, off-Broadway's Duet! is a sweetly loopy send-up of '50s Hollywood cliches about love. Wittily weaving such pop culture totems as Hula Hoops and the Ink Spots into a cautionary tale, it's both hip and corny, ironic and romantic. And seriously funny...
...understand why a European country would offer him sanctuary." Despite its outrage, it looks as if there's not much Turkey can do to put pressure on its third-largest trading partner. After all, countries with real leverage don't ask its citizens to visit the post office and send a nasty fax to Rome free of charge...