Word: speeding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...opers aren't task-masters. They don't speed through the house with I-have-a-thesis-to-write expressions on their faces. Instead, they smile and give FM a tour of their kitchen...
...suffer fools - or ringing cell phones, which he confiscates - gladly. He is widely appreciated by reporters covering the trial, in large part because he refuses to entertain the attorneys' urge to hear themselves speak, and while he considers every motion carefully, the trial is moving along at whiplash speed. In a little more than two weeks, the prosecution has presented its entire case and all four accused officers have taken the stand...
...made it to the ground. After a long, agonizing struggle with the lurching aircraft, punctuated by two loud noises, the twin-engine MD-83 hurtled toward the Pacific in a grim death spiral--"spinning," "corkscrewing" and "nose down," in the words of eyewitnesses. When the plane made its high-speed crash into the water 40 miles from Los Angeles, all 83 passengers and five crew members were apparently killed instantly...
...content. And though Mannesman CEO Chris Gent said last week that the current deal is so complicated that it is too early to talk in detail about other possible linkups, no one doubted that they are coming. Europe, it seems, is finally ready to do business at Net speed...
...kids over? Comics sales have slumped for years, and until high-speed connections become common, even the most skillfully done Web animation will tend to be jerky or slow. Superpowered boy bands or Web surfers kicking butt online (where Slyme's "magical shovel is one of the most feared artifacts throughout cyberspace," according to the website) may seem, well, lame. Today's comics tend toward dark, complicated stories, and although that's arguably an evolution of Lee's innovations, he complains that the new breed has "lost" youngsters. "I don't see any reason not to do a story that...