Word: crashes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...still something of an acquired taste. You have to be wary of your peripherals (getting some older printers to work is quite a headache). And tech support can be hard to find in a Windows world. But what you get in return is a very fast, very cheap, crash-free system that can be installed on as many computers as you like. Pay attention to the penguin: he's going places...
...turns out, we really do sell when we should buy: more than $30 billion flowed out of stock funds in July, the biggest one-month exodus since the 1987 crash. Selling stocks when prices are so low is "insane," says Morgan Stanley global strategist Barton Biggs. That scared money missed the Dow's 1,000-point rebound...
...established contacts with the anti-terror officials of France when I covered that country's crackdown on Algerian-based Islamic radicals. In 1994, that group had hijacked a passenger plane that it intended to crash into the center of Paris. The French thwarted that dress rehearsal for 9/11. Since then, the same counter-terrorism officials have provided me and the magazine with much exclusive information, including their pre-emptive sweeps of al-Qaeda networks and their warnings that al-Qaeda was establishing bases in North America. They've been invaluable to TIME's coverage of al-Qaeda terror...
...Passengers injured in the derailment near Washington of an Amtrak passenger train, a crash investigators say may have been caused by heat-induced railroad damage...
...Transport Commission white paper throws up some interesting ideas, the aim being to slash the road toll by 2010. Among 60 proposals are common road signs throughout the 15 E.U. countries, common fines for similar offenses, tougher laws to protect cyclists, signaling frequent crash sites, more research into airbags and tires, fitting all cars with black boxes like those in aircraft. Sounds good. But doesn't it nearly all come down to attitude? One bumper sticker I remember from my youth in Australia just said, "Courtesy is Catching." It is. Another read, "Better late than dead on time." There...