Word: usual
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What caused the outburst of meteorological fury? This time not much of the blame goes to the usual suspect, El Ni??o, which has produced only a slight warming of the tropical Pacific since August. A more significant culprit, say meteorologists, is a less well-known phenomenon called the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), named after the pair of scientists--Roland Madden and Paul Julian--who discovered it in 1971. The MJO is a globe-girdling disturbance that sweeps across equatorial waters at intervals of 30 to 60 days. Under its influence, says climatologist Wayne Higgins of the National Oceanic...
...outsourcing R. and D. can bring significant risks. The usual drawbacks in any kind of outsourcing are magnified in the multi-layered process of research. Concerns about the security of sensitive research is the biggest potential obstacle, according to Gartner analyst Iyengar. "Indians tend to be less security sensitive than the clients," he says. "It's quite common for Indians to share salary information with each other. In the U.S., this is absolute heresy." At wholly owned research centers, like those run by Intel and Microsoft, security is less of a concern, says Stefan Spohr, a vice president at consulting...
...outsourcing R&D can bring significant risks. The usual drawbacks in any kind of outsourcing are magnified in the multilayered process of research. Concerns about the security of sensitive research is the biggest potential obstacle, according to Gartner analyst Iyengar. "Indians tend to be less security sensitive than the clients," he says. "It's quite common for Indians to share salary information with each other. In the U.S., this is absolute heresy." At wholly owned research centers, like those run by Intel and Microsoft, security is less of a concern, says Stefan Spohr, a vice president at consulting firm...
Apter became interested in the phenomenon in 1994, when she noticed her students struggling and flailing more than usual after college. Parents were baffled when their expensively educated, otherwise well-adjusted 23-year-old children wound up sobbing in their old bedrooms, paralyzed by indecision. "Legally, they're adults, but they're on the threshold, the doorway to adulthood, and they're not going through it," Apter says. The percentage of 26-year-olds living with their parents has nearly doubled since 1970, from 11% to 20%, according to Bob Schoeni, a professor of economics and public policy...
...majority of the scoring, as usual, came from the first line, as tri-captain Nicole Corriero registered two goals and an assist, junior center Julie Chu contributed three assists and freshman Sarah Vaillancourt added a goal and an assist...