Word: grinds
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...months, Jimmy Liu '01 ate his Cheerios in front of his computer in Kentucky, not wanting to miss a trade. The infinite fluctuations of numbers became his daily grind; the NASDAQ webpage his rodeo. Liu was caught up in the adrenaline rush of day trading. "There is a euphoria of everyone playing the same game together. When it starts picking up you want to be there. If you're not, you could lose or gain thousands of dollars," he says...
Stardom hit her right after college. Her self-titled debut sold 10 million copies. At the time she had only recently overcome her fear of playing in front of coffeehouse-size crowds. Touring became a grind as the machinery of stardom was bolted in place around her. "I had success with the first record, and I had to keep making records. I felt like my life was on this cycle that was beyond my control," she says. "Making records and touring, making records and touring, and in that process not being at home and not being settled. They weren...
...Asian Studies and Economics concentrator hangs out with her blockmates in Eliot or stresses about her next thesis chapter. And, like so many other Harvard students, Chinwe has struck a balance between class and activities. Instead of rowing crew or clocking hours at the IOP, she juggles the daily grind of schoolwork with the glitz and glamour of modeling...
...What's most surprising about the Yahoo case is that it hasn't happened before," says Quittner. Now that e-vandals have flexed their muscles in a very public forum, bringing the world's most popular web site to a grinding halt, it's safe to say there will be increasingly creative attempts to foil hackers altogether. That will be a very tough, if not impossible process, says Quittner. "Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot companies can do to prevent this kind of strike." Of course, this is the world of high tech, where explosive growth and insight...
...Wiranto, the military and Megawati aren't the only ones with axes to grind - former Suharto supporters both in the military and in the private sector are threatened by the new government's anti-corruption efforts. But Wahid is a wily politician whose coalition-building skills were evident last year when he shut out Megawati for the top job despite his relatively tiny share of the electoral vote. And until now, he's kept his opponents off balance and divided through skillfully alternating between concessions and challenges. Still, his looming showdown with Wiranto may prove to be his toughest battle...