Word: sounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...apologize if I sound like a skunk at a garden party," said Joan B. Pinck '50. "I think you need to put a better spin on it. I see myself calling people and saying all these things and explaining all these things and not walking away with a check...
Both candidates are intelligent and articulate, and if they can restrain themselves from resorting to mean-spirited attacks and sound-byte politics, the one-on-one debates between the two could be something refreshingly different in American politics. Too often, real political debate is passed over for water-downed platitudes in front of the television cameras. We're hopeful that in this primary, with these candidates, that will not be the case...
Religious vacations may sound unusual, particularly for a communist country, but some form of faith or superstition weaves its way through every element of Chinese life. The new Shanghai stock exchange is built in the shape of a hollowed square to help trap positive energy, a nod to the ancient geomantic rituals of feng shui. And members of China's new middle class are embracing both state-of-the-art technology to transform their economy and 5,000-year-old superstitions to support their lives. "It turns out that the majority of businesspeople in China believe...
...hoopla about the Fall TV lineup, most of the "new" shows feel numbingly familiar to me. Let's see: there are repackaged Ally reruns, a second dose of Law & Order and a Party of Five spin-off. And doesn't Once and Again sound a little too much like the old thirtysomething? I'm ready for something new, and I'm losing hope that I'll find it on prime time. So I decided to tune into TV-style programs on the Web instead. With faster 56K modems and built-in video players on Web browsers becoming standard...
...example, in our fast-frame media presentation of information, we are already selecting individuals who are better at clicking mouses. In a brave new world, only geeks with fast fingers will get to work at Microsoft and make mucho bucks and be millionaires, so they can impress Puget Sound bambinas, mate and have geeky bambinos with faster and longer fingers. Where have all the strong men gone? Long time passing... GEORGE CONESA Bellingham, Wash...