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...thought it was all over. This virus gives no slack." DONALD LOW, chief of microbiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, after the city suffered a new outbreak of SARS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jun. 9, 2003 | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...veritable Bruegel painting of inept retailing. It illustrates so many frustrating aspects of a bad shopping trip--lousy sales support, shallow inventory, poor use of technology--that it's almost thrilling to think of all the potential for improvement that it suggests. With many retailers struggling in this slack economy, you would think they would redouble their attention to the basics--and the best chains and local managers are doing just that. But industry experts share my amazement that so many stores don't execute well what ought to be the obvious rules of their business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: Just Take the Money! | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

Lentz became the Crimson’s full-time first baseman when Hendricks’ knee injury forced him out of the lineup. He also moved into the cleanup slot to pick up the slack...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Male Comeback of the Year: Lentz Powers From Both Sides of Plate | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...your driving skills, Grand Theft Auto--style. You might also want to learn to hack. At one point in the game, you're faced with a green computer screen, a blinking DOS prompt and no instructions on how to proceed. Perry says he wants players to be staring slack-jawed at the screen--just as Neo was when he received his "knock, knock" message from Trinity in the original movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Jada's Body, But You Can Use It | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

While the A boat of seniors Clay Bischoff and Lema Kikuchi struggled a bit, junior captain Cardwell Potts and his crew of juniors David Darst and Gabe Dorfman picked up some of their slack. When the switch was made in the 11th race to a Vanguard 15 boat from an FJ, Potts and Dorfman quickly gained on the leaders...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coed Sailing Takes Second at Admiral’s Cup, But Overall Results Mixed | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

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