Word: skunking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...down a six-figure salary as a full-time programmer for Transmeta Corp., a top-secret, high-tech start-up backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The combination of Allen and Torvalds has fueled wild speculation about what Transmeta might be up to in its Santa Clara, Calif., skunk works. Is it building a new microprocessor that will compete with Intel's x86 chip set? Is it using, as some seem to believe, technology borrowed from visiting aliens to develop hush-hush projects for the government? Torvalds delights in the rumors and will neither confirm nor deny anything...
Despite all the attention skunks have received in recent weeks, skunk sightings arenothing new, Alpert said...
...skunks were caught last year on theLongwood Campus, and a dead skunk was found in anAdams House window well...
...number of reported skunk sightings has notincreased dramatically, Alpert said, noting thatwhile there have been problems at Harvard due toskunks, the situation is not severe enough towarrant any special concern or mass amounts of airfreshener...
...juvenile skunk last summer nearCentral Square," Yoo wrote. "Around 1:00 a.m.he/she crawled under the porch and popped up infront of the steps and looked up at me for awhileand moved on. The little guy was pretty cute andharmless...