Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...million earlier this century. In 1975 a U.N. convention forbade all trade in the species. But that hasn't stopped the killing of thousands in recent years. Poachers armed with semiautomatics hunt the animal year-round, and not just when the chirus' coats are thickest. Despite the threat of seven years in jail or a $130 fine, poachers continue to pursue their prey...
...long lunch in the new Apple cafeteria (when he came back, Jobs canned the company that ran that "dog-food" operation too). "He said, 'I worked really, really hard in my 20s.' And I know what he means, because I worked really, really hard in my 20s too--seven days a week, lots of hours every day. But you can't do it forever. You don't want to do it forever...
Where formerly, for example, you could create only five user names per account, now you can have up to seven. With 5.0, you can also create longer screen names (up to 16 alphanumeric characters), which means, of course, that there will be a scramble to sign up full names, like anitahamilton. (I opted for the hackerish unusablesignal--homage to the error message that the television in my office has displayed ever since I ripped the cable out of it and plugged it into my PC.) Another good thing: you can customize your welcome screen with a list of sites...
...heap comes treasure. Last year the co-op brought in more than $100 million from customers like China Steel and Formosa Plastics. But money is not the motivation behind Wu's not-for-profit outfit. After paying office charges and the modest salaries of Wu and her staff of seven, recycling revenues go to co-op members, whose scrap yards provide thousands of jobs to poor, relatively unskilled Taiwanese...
...SAVING ENERGY Forget the dim glare of a classroom's fluorescent strip. The Twister from Lights of America--which makes only energy-efficient products--is a bright, compact fluorescent bulb that fits standard sockets, uses a fraction of the wattage of its incandescent cousins and lasts as long as seven years...