Word: switched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lynch believes index funds make sense for investors who would otherwise switch their money furiously, chasing the latest fund fad only to get there late each time. Indeed, Fidelity is doubling its index-fund offerings from three to six this year. But, Lynch says, it's wrong to assume large stocks will be in favor forever. "That's not the history of the stock market," he says. "And it won't be true the next 30 years either. Giant companies...
...experience while engaging in experience and to make experience deliberately fleeting. The structure of the sitcom Seinfeld continued to depend on dozens of fast-moving, bite-size scenes that simulate the effect of surfing while remaining within a single coherent situation, thus pre-empting the viewer's urge to switch channels. Attention spans remained brief. Control remained remote...
...told the nurse that I has been instructed to go to the right, but it didn't seem to affect her. I decided to switch tracks...
...largest responsibilities was the management of Harvard's phone system. Harvard owns its own phone switch and cables and sets the phone rates it charges faculty, students and staff...
...animals are placed on caloric restriction, Roth explains, the first thing that happens is that their body temperature drops about 1[degree]C. Lower temperature means a less vigorous metabolism, which means less food is processed. "In order to compensate for the reduction in diet," Roth says, "the animals switch from a growth mode into what can be thought of as a survival mode. They get fewer calories, so they burn fewer...