Word: teche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...airplanes. A bounce here, a FASTEN SEAT BELT light there, and I'm ready to start penning my will on a crumpled cocktail napkin. But I'm sick of being scared. So before boarding my last flight, I took a crash course in virtual-reality exposure therapy--a high-tech technique that is supposed to help people like me overcome our fear of flying...
...showed them.' Our guys landed in a driving rainstorm. We're the key ingredient in the bad weather over there." Pilots are delighted with their mount. Says one: "We don't worry about threats [such as plane-killing missiles], because the plane keeps you safe." In a low-tech touch, however, the Air Force phones all the pilots' wives the minute the planes finish over their targets, letting them know their husbands are en route back to their heartland homes...
...high-tech world braced for a computer virus attack today. The so-called CIH 1.2 virus has been popping up on PCs for some time, and it's set to go into action on April 26, the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...
...Kosovo is wedged in an area where stability starts to come into play," he said. "It's also an embarrassment for atrocities to occur in modern, high-tech Europe...
...high-tech companies have started to fight back. Industry lobbyists have been working with Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and other lawmakers to make it much harder to win lawsuits for injuries caused by Y2K glitches. Bills currently working their way through Congress would raise the burden of proof above the standard that plaintiffs must meet in other lawsuits--that their version of events is more likely true than not. And they would impose caps on punitive damages and attorneys' fees...