Word: technician
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Underneath the show smiles whir constant questions: "Is there enough speed for this jump? Can I make three revolutions or just two? Since I missed the first jump, should I throw another one in?" Yet skaters must not fall for the easy temptation of deep analysis. Lipinski, a wizardly technician on the ice, says that during her long program, lasting 4 minutes, she doesn't think too hard about mechanics. "I try to keep the technical things in mind, but I don't think about it too much, because then you start to mess up." Kwan calls her competitive mode...
...This is a very good, very updated center," says radiation technician Carla Peterson heaving Poochie into an unnatural-looking position on his back and balancing him with sand-bags...
This was not an unusual occurrence: that miserable machine called in sick more often than your average Massachusetts state employee. But this time, there was no service technician who could show up for a quick fix: Governor Michael Dukakis had forbidden all civilian travel under a state of emergency that was to last almost a week. Not even Pat Sorrento, the Emperor of The Crimson's shop, could make it through the snow to rescue...
...have a complaint about University Information Services (UIS) to share. I had PowerBook battery trouble and took the machine to the repair center at 175 North Harvard St. A technician confirmed my suspicions and put in an order for a replacement battery...
...natural feeling remains that there is something unfair about sorting and rewarding people based on the genes they were born with and have no control over. Good. That feeling should be encouraged. The proper lesson is not that there's nothing wrong with discrimination based on what a lab technician finds in a test tube of your blood. The proper lesson is that a lot of the sorting and rewarding in society works essentially the same way. And whatever upsets you about genetic testing ought to apply to matters larger than a slightly increased chance of getting colon cancer...