Word: variously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...your turn to run. Or else, many years from now, faced with five letters from various Harvard auspices asking for money, and reflecting upon all that was right with Harvard, but also all that was wrong, you will be an alum who never took a stand, who not once made the commitment to change Harvard for the better on behalf of those around you, and those yet to come...
...event's timing makes it ideal for attracting new members into the various Mexican student associations. At the main entrance to the Johnson Athletic Center, members of the Boston University Mexican Association (BUMA) were asking attendees to sign in and list their e-mail addresses and phone numbers...
...these are some of the most startling scenes in the series. Finding interview subjects was also arduous. Senior researcher Svetlana Palmer tracked down some people from old books that mentioned heroes of socialist labor. Then she had to get them to open up. "I spent many hours in various kitchens of people," she says, "just talking and explaining what the series was about, what it was for, and literally convincing them that there was no harm in talking...
...have seen the death of the recording industry: its name is MP3. Now, I should admit that my death notices have been notoriously premature. At various times in my crystal-ball-gazing career, I have predicted that the Internet would knock dead newspapers, magazines, TV, the U.S. political system and America Online--all enterprises that are apparently healthy. So far. But this time I mean it. Never mind what the abbreviation stands for; MP3 refers to a technology that allows you to squeeze CD-quality music down to less than a tenth of its digital size, while retaining virtually...
...past few years, then, the ever-present temptation toward sensationalistic news has taken on a new twist. Collaboration across various types of media (often known as "synergy") gives readers and viewers unprecedented access to information, but it also blurs the distinction between news and entertainment. The strict mores of the newsroom butt heads against the need to attract viewers and then to sell them the related products, regardless of whether they are fact or fiction...