Word: sights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that I used to live in NY but have been out of town long enough that I don't seem to be able to find my way around anymore. Why, last time I visited, I even had to ask for directions in my own neighborhood. "You know, out of sight, out of mind...
...sight, out of mind," the man with tags laughs, looking around. "Out of sight, out of mind." I think we realize at the same time that we're not talking about my getting on the wrong bus. We're talking about the bus and its scarred passengers and the sweep of ugly yellow institutional buildings bordered by weeds and unkempt hedges and the fact that the bus we're on doesn't even go anywhere, just there and back, there and back, a closed loop. We're talking about people who get lost and wash up on Wards Island...
...large part, she acts a bit like a stargazing astronomer, surveying the skies for an interesting sight, then analyzing it in painstaking detail. In a chapter called "Heat Wave," for example, she zooms in on the development of the climate control system and the subsequent battle for incoming air waged by the different engineering factions. The engine guys needed the air to cool their oil and transmission fluids, the fuel folks wanted it to keep the alternator from overheating, and--of course--the climate people had to have enough air to pump into the interior. They could solve the whole...
...million annual budget, often for personal gain. Arafat's spokesman punted, claiming that the findings simply justified plans for a Cabinet reshuffle. Hold on there, cowboy. "The mismanagement starts from the top, way up on top," said Husam Khader, a lawmaker from Nablus. Arafat himself has kept out of sight since the inquiry's findings were made public to the Palestinian Legislative Council, leaving tarnished ministers plenty of time to protest their innocence and wonder why their boss wasn't named in the investigation...
...Blocked by Allen from importing his own deputies, Walter moved aggressively, relying on his salesman style to win new allies. His extensive meetings with AT&T employees and corporate clients buttressed morale, as did his promotion of several insiders. But along the way, Walter lost sight of the only constituency that mattered: Allen. Last April after Walter, not Allen, got the call from SBC's chairman proposing merger talks, Allen escalated his criticism, telling AT&T directors that Walter didn't grasp the complexities of the telecom business. By the time Walter faced the board to defend himself, its decision...