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Word: docks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Navy frigate is dodging heavy San Diego port traffic. Bringing a 453-ft. vessel to dock on a 1,335-ft. pier in crowded waters isn't easy--particularly when the ship has to back in. The tension is evident from the cries of the crew. "Put the bridge right there where the orange sign is!" the skipper barks at a rookie officer. "Slow your motion," the captain snaps, using the clipped lingo of command. "Steer your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aye, Aye, Ma'am | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...Auburn, HUPD officers try to assimilate. Some of them, such as Officer Kevin Bryant, have campus recognition for more than their guns. A few weeks ago, Bryant hosted the Callbacks a cappella concert and led the audience in a heartfelt rendition of "Under the Boardwalk" and "Sitting by the Dock of the Bay." When he isn't serenading audiences at Sanders, Bryant can be found giving frosh presentations about the HUPD on how to not buy forties at Lil' Peach or patrolling the streets of Cambridge. "I love interacting with people from all walks of life and helping people when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: HUPD: Harvard's in-house police fight parasites and make friends. | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

...Most of the recorded music in the world will exist on a variety of servers, and it will be possible to download instantly any piece of music to whatever portable playback device you might be using. If you're in your car and want to hear (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding, you'll be able to call it up instantaneously on a playback device that will make today's MP3 player look clunky. And if you want to hear only the intro, then you'll hear only the intro. If you want to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Will We Listen To Music? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...truth is, Millennium won't be winning any prizes at Cannes. At this point in its development--it's also scheduled to ship by summer--it has no flash and little innovation. Where Aqua has rethought the way Mac users interact with applications--using something called a "dock" that behaves like the Windows task bar, only with intelligence and flair--Millennium looks almost identical to Windows 98. The main differences are under the hood. One thing I liked: bugs that plagued my home network magically disappeared after installing Millennium, thanks to its emphasis on home networking. But while Millennium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aqua: The Movie | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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