Word: slot
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...show had a decent premiere, in a tough slot against Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, an urban take on the innocents-in-jeopardy theme. Bruckheimer's suburban counterprogramming is risky but makes sense. It may be unfair to stereotype the burbs as a refuge for people fleeing life, but one reason people move there is security. Close to Home is not ashamed to milk those anxieties, right down to its title: the danger, it says, is not just in the big cities. It's right here, close to your cozy little cul-de-sac and your good public schools...
...screen automatically adjusts to "landscape" view for easy typing. The 2.8-in. screen is large enough to work on a Word document, although when looking at Web pages, it's still a tad cramped. There's also a 1.3-megapixel built-in camera-camcorder and a MiniSD card slot for transferring files, including movies and music, from your PC--a reward, perhaps, for all your hard work...
...compulsory course that gained notoriety amongst HBS graduates, “Written Analysis of Cases,” or “WAC,” as it was known for short. The course required first-year MBA students to submit biweekly papers, to be dropped off in a slot on the side of the library by 9 p.m. on Saturday, although this was later changed to Friday under pressure from students...
...course provided structure and discipline regarding written and oral communications,” he said. “The WAC slot was sort of a metaphor for hard, hard work and all that was rigorous and pressure-laden at the Harvard Business School...
...fall tradition. U.S. News & World Report's best-colleges guide hits newsstands--in the new edition, Harvard and Princeton tie for best university, and Williams takes the top liberal-arts slot--and sets off the annual controversy over how the magazine ranks schools. But this year the granddaddy of college ratings has a slew of new competitors. A guide to the alternatives. --By Jeninne Lee-St. John...