Word: tellingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...flames' unpredictable behavior, providing a heat shield is often impossible, and even under good conditions it can require novel, high-risk tactics. "We are going into situations that, absent homes and property, we wouldn't be putting fire fighters into," says Frye. Now and then rugged cabin dwellers tell Frye they don't expect the Federal Government to defend their dwellings, but when the flames reach their door, Frye says, such proud individualists always change their tune...
...company goes public, probably sometime next year. (In an unusual alliance, it's being backed by the valley's two major venture-capital firms, Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.) Page is full of wonkish bonhomie, the kind of guy who rides an electric scooter to work and loves to tell you about the time he built a working inkjet printer out of Legos. Brin acts aloof and acerbic, ever ready to toss a quip at his partner. They make a great comedy...
...very abnormal upbringing," Edwards says. During the hours they spent together, Karenna was relaxed, personable--and remarkably tuned in to the day-to-day details of her father's campaign. More so than her mother, Edwards says, Karenna embraces the daily grind of the campaign trail. And to help tell her dad's story to TIME, Karenna offered Edwards a family exclusive--access to lengthy interviews she had conducted with her grandmother, Pauline Gore...
Most girls don't start developing breasts until around the fifth grade. But as many pediatricians, parents and teachers will tell you, this first sign of puberty seems to be occurring more often among six-year-olds and seven-year-olds than ever before. (Boys, as far as anyone can tell, are still growing up at their usual, slower pace.) Nobody can explain this speedup. Some even question whether it's real or anything abnormal. But if you suspect your first- or second-grader is blossoming too early, some basic information may help you sort through the confusion...
...audience, that means horoscopes, advice and message boards. But pegging women's interests isn't always that pat. Ann Wrixon, CEO of www.seniornet.org says, "Three years ago, women on our site were only interested in special topics like knitting or book clubs. Now they're just as likely to tell someone how to fix a computer...