Word: tinkering
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...ceremony in which the couple write their own vows is more problematic. It is probably just as well that couples have been returning to the traditional formula, wherein the dearly beloved are gathered and the old familiar take-this-man, take-this-woman deal is struck. Couples only occasionally tinker here and there. (Most brides are careful to make sure that the vows are equivalent; the word obey is vanishing...
...momentarily lost his balance and slumped against the doorway. Then the crowd rose, and with it the applause. Olivier took his cue and went out onstage. Suddenly he was the dashing Lord Larry, energized by the spotlight, alive to the theatrical moment, mesmerizing one more audience. Like Tinker Bell, he heard the clapping and came to life again...
...universities. The term hacker derives from "hack," meaning a subtle, sometimes elegant fix for a flaw in a computer program. Hackers spend hours typing commands on terminal keyboards to learn as much as possible about the strengths and weaknesses of a particular program or network. They tinker for the sheer fun of it, delving deeper and deeper into the mysteries of software...
Mickey Mouse is there to greet visitors. Also on hand are Minnie, Tinker Bell, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Donald Duck and Dumbo. So are Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and other lures for the 32 million Japanese who live within a 30-mile radius, as well as for tourists from all over...
...Board does take responsibility through its Subcommittee on General Academic Rules to tinker at the margins, so to speak, of the curriculum. In addition, the Board can bring to the attention of others, usually the Associate Dean of the Faculty for Undergraduate Education, problems it observes, such as implementing the new Quantitative Reasoning Requirement, so that any necessary adjustments can be made. Further, members of the Board are, of course, often asked to express their opinion on various proposed policies under discussion is other groups. But by and large, the Board tries to stay out of the business of making...