Word: watching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came to Harvard to eat lunch, watch cable and not be misdiagnosed at [University Health Services], I'd very happy with the council," he said. "But since I came here as a human, with ideas that are sometimes political, I'd have to demand more from Harvard's student goverment than we've gotten this year...
While some people critique its content, no one debates television's power. It is the window through which we see reality, as well as the window that permits us to escape from it. This season the average American family will watch the box more than 50 hours a week...
That morning Reuther and his colleagues suspected the day's events could escalate into something historic as they prepared to hand out organizing leaflets (slogan: "Unionism, Not Fordism") to the plant's workers. Reuther had put on his Sunday suit, complete with vest, gold watch and chain. He had invited newspapermen, priests and local officials to be witnesses...
...must be divine. Technology is confusing, and these were reasonable guesses under the circumstances. In 1995 Gates published a book (co-authored with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson) called The Road Ahead. Peering far into the future, he glimpsed a technology-rich dreamworld where you will be able to "watch Gone With the Wind," he wrote, "with your own face and voice replacing Vivien Leigh's or Clark Gable's." Apparently this is just what the public had been dying to do, for The Road Ahead became a runaway best seller, though it is lustrous with earnest goofiness, like...
...business networks are surging like hot IPOs, but sometimes they give us information overload. The moment-to-moment changes in the major stock averages flash nervously on Bloomberg News; the stock tickers scroll rapidly on CNBC and CNNfn, citing the latest prices of individual shares; today's "stocks to watch" are featured on almost all the channels. All this encourages quick in-and-out trading, usually a route to the poorhouse...