Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate raises an even more basic question: Why would we want to enhance memory in the first place? We may imagine that it would make us happier, except that we all know smart, sad people; or richer, except that there are wildly successful people who can't remember their phone number. Perhaps it would help us get better grades, land a better job, but it might also take us down a road we'd prefer not to travel. "You might say yes, it would be wonderful if we could all have better memories," muses Stanford University neuropsychiatrist Dr. Robert Malenka...
Moses Ma, founder of BusinessBots, based in San Francisco, which is developing smart software for e-markets, says B2B resembles the California Gold Rush. During the Gold Rush, the only ones assured of making money were the obscure shopkeepers who sold the prospectors their shovels, clothes, pots and pans. In the case of B2B, it's companies like Tradex Technologies, Extricity Software Inc. and BusinessBots. They sell the glue (in the form of hardware, software and services) that links individual businesses to their suppliers, customers, partners and distributors. "The true value in B2B is when...
...brain that help form "declarative" or conscious memories, there are other kinds of memory that are governed by different parts of the brain. The more likely applications, at least in the near future, are in therapies for degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's. For now, anyway, that's smart enough...
...worst moments last week, Bush looked not so much like Clinton, who was re-elected, but like his father, who wasn't. George Sr. had an expression that went like this: If you're so damned smart, how come you aren't President of the United States? That cockiness surfaced like a genetic code in his son's handling of the drug questions. Even some aides who privately wished he would put the rumors to rest were convinced they'd be slapped down if they suggested it. "The lasting damage to Bush is not that now everyone thinks...
...Tuesday, when The Great Greenspan clears his throat. "There?s always that bit of uncertainty as the day draws near," Baumohl says. Come noon, along with the profit-taking from Monday to contend with, there?ll be plenty of investors who don?t feel quite as smart as they did the day before. No hike? Twice the hike? Rally? Sell-off? Stay out of it until Greenspan?s gospel (2:15 p.m.) is fully digested. For the record, the safe betting is on one quarter-point hike (come on, guys ? when was the last time the Fed raised a half...