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...scenes. The most exciting of these occurs when DiCaprio is handcuffed in the bowels of the flooding ship and Winslet must save him. For a film that depends so greatly on cliches, this is a surprisingly effective role reversal, for Winslet does not abandon her femininity to make this switch...
...younger generation--a lot enter into science, and then switch to MBA programs. We call them 'strays,'" he says. "That never happened to us. When they come to the U.S., they reevaluate their goals...
...Chinese student in applied sciences or considering a switch to business, the future seems rosier...
Each transistor on the surface of a silicon chip acts as a switch that can open or close a gate. Computers process information by manipulating sequences of opened and closed gates. A positive charge applied to the gate attracts electrons, allowing current to flow across the gap from the source to the drain. A negative charge stops the current and closes the gate...
...they're always going to be on the losing end of cost-cutting and quality issues in every sector of life." Much of the legislation that has passed--with bipartisan support--has been designed to soothe a country in flux: Kassebaum-Kennedy health-care portability, so that when you switch from one job to the next, your benefits are secure; minimum-wage increases to fight off the market's pressure on the working poor; and tax credits for families with children...