Word: cues
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...reassuring sight of the wings. On the radar screen in front of my seat, the red of the eyewall--the circle of turbulent storms that surrounds a hurricane's eye--grows thicker and more menacing. "The red fingers of death," pilot Mike Silah jokes grimly, and as if on cue, the plane--a Lockheed WP-3D Orion operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--starts to pitch, roll and yaw, a small boat at the mercy of giant, invisible waves. I tighten the straps of my shoulder harness as the plane shakes violently. My seat drops out from...
...shopping feature in the new my.Harvard portal is especially welcome. Harvard courses are hard enough to navigate already without having to rely on the cumbersome CUE guide and the massive Courses of Instruction booklet. Now instead of flipping, students can click. In the future, we hope the my.Harvard portal will partially replace some of these printed tomes to save paper and energy. Until then, the course shopping functionality is an invaluable addition to the tools Harvard students can use in exploring the varied courses the College has to offer...
...layout boasts several new features, including an improved course shopping tool that allows students direct access to course schedules, syllabi and CUE Guide ratings...
...rich Venezuela's recall referendum on President Hugo Chávez. The soaring price might not signal a return to the 1970s oil shocks, but it was enough to cause stock markets to tumble and prompt economic leaders to warn of the threat to global economic growth. Right on cue, here comes Saudi Arabia to save the day. Last week the kingdom said it was prepared to pump an extra 1.3 million bbl. a day to bridge the supply gap. Normally, even the hint of a production increase from the world's largest oil producer would quell prices. But this...
...READY Heinz Kerry peeks from behind a curtain as her husband speaks. With vice-presidential contender John Edwards and his family behind her, she awaits her cue to join Kerry onstage...