Word: took
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...WOLFE His book is paying the tailor, but at the National Book Awards, Updike took him to the cleaners...
...Wolfe's absence. The room, so festive in black, had expected a coronation for the man so tailored in white: his A Man in Full was the talk of the town, the favorite for the fiction prize. But then John Updike, the most influential of America's living novelists, took the stage looking as sharp as a scythe. What a night for a beheading...
...anesthesiologists' list: give your doctors as much detail as you can about your medical history. Don't just say you had a bad reaction to general anesthesia; say whether you felt nauseated, went into shock or took 12 hours to wake up. (No, I'm not exaggerating; some patients with an unusual genetic condition take that long to recover.) You should also bring up any allergies you have, since some anesthetic drugs trigger cross-reactions--particularly in patients who are sensitive to soy and eggs. A small but growing trend: preoperative visits to an anesthesiology clinic where doctors can check...
Your article implies that Bagcraft somehow took advantage of Kansas citizens [in relocating a paper bag-making factory]. You said the incentive program didn't pay off because "zero new jobs were created nationwide." Let us give credit where it is due. Kansas officials helped win federal support to stimulate growth in the economically depressed southeast Kansas area. There are now 350 jobs in Baxter Springs, Kans., and there are 150 new employees--not transfers from other facilities. Baxter Springs' economy has grown, and the town has attracted even more new business. Everyone appreciates the added potential for future growth...
...other words, Java could cause Microsoft to end up looking a lot like IBM in the '80s--beleaguered by years of antitrust action but usurped only when a new revolution in computing took hold. The rise of the personal computer cost Big Blue its overwhelming dominance. Will Java do the same to Big Bill? The jury's still out on that one, although the release of Java 1.2 this week might help silence some critics of Java software. "We've never had this level of confidence in code," says Sick. "It's not where it needs...