Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...understand that Faculty are burdened with innumerable commitments-research, teaching, departmental committees, etc. But the full Faculty meets so infrequently, we can't believe they can't find the time to attend. Given the grave issues so often on the agenda, they should make a special effort...
...Published in a special edition of the school's faculty newsletter, the report is entitled "A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science...
This decision has prompted a mixture of anxiety and disdain from friends with Senior Gift posts. Maybe they feel the way I did when an alum refused to give to Radcliff College Fund: no special prizes, and above all, no score for me. But the fact that they construe my choice as selfish or unthinking makes me suspect there's something more behind the need to make everyone give. Sort of like Secret Santa, where everyone is assigned a gift and recipient but ends up giving boring little gifts to the sole satisfaction of the person coordinating the affair...
There are dozens of free greeting-card sites online (see electronicpostcards.net or type "electronic greeting cards" in the search box at yahoo.com for lists), but Blue Mountain is by far the most popular. While some sites can be a hassle--requiring either a membership, special add-on applications or file transfers to your hard drive to see and send cards--Blue Mountain is refreshingly simple. If you know how to fill out a form, you can send a card. Also, the site's quirky graphics and discreet ads give it a homey feel...
Recently, researchers studying satellite images of the sun have paid special attention to great, S-shaped twists of plasma called sigmoids that they now believe are an early stage of CME formation. Find a sigmoid, and within a few days you'll probably see an explosion. Since it takes an additional four days for the solar tsunami to reach Earth, you can double today's early-warning time...