Word: short-circuited
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...others oppose the plan, arguing that the volcano has provided them with an unprecedented opportunity to watch unhindered regeneration. Says Cliff Dahm, a biologist at the University of New Mexico: "It would be foolish to short-circuit nature's experiment...
...express definite and immutable musical preferences before your loved ones go out to squander their money on something that will make you the laughingstock of your school, church or place of employment. You should be firm: inform your particular nuclear unit that you will douse the tree with water, short-circuit the lights and burn down the living room if you do not get what you want. It's best to ask for a lot of records because the stores sometimes run out, leaving you again at the mercy of the buyer...
...little girl from Toronto cadged an audition with Film Pioneer D.W. Griffith; by 1916 she could tell the bosses at Paramount Pictures, "No, I really cannot afford to work for only $10,000 a week" (which is precisely the fee she settled for). This sudden affluence did not short-circuit the masses' identification with the movie stars. It merely confirmed the public's image of them as extraordinary ordinary people. They were "us" on the big screen, with every wish of fame, charm, romance, wit and avarice fulfilled. They were their own movies...
City officials will present Cambridge's case to a single justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court--the highest judicial authority in the Commonwealth--this Wednesday so that the full court may take up the matter and "short-circuit the lengthy appeals process," Cambridge City Solicitor Russell B. Highley said last night...
...saying that the high-tech boom is over, though, or that Silicon Valley is about to short-circuit on its own success. Well-managed companies with strong market niches are thriving, and investors continue to back new ventures in high-growth businesses. Among them: CAD/CAM machines that are used for computer-aided design and manufacturing, and computer-aided engineering equipment. Still, the El Dorado atmosphere has waned. Says Public Relations Executive Richard Moran, a former Atari employee: "A gym teacher in Indianapolis still views Silicon Valley as the promised land. But a lot of people here...