Mr. Kernighan genuinely enjoys translating his technical field and explaining its significance for humanities students.
The bomb was made safe by a technical field manager and removed.
"They have been doing all kinds of experiments to make sure that their academic institutions maintain standards, at least in the technical field," he said.
If, however, you want to go get qualified in some new technical field or obtain an advanced degree, then...we can't raise your pay either.
Throughout his career, Dr. Granger was known as one of the most prominent figures in the use of statistics to study the economy, a highly technical field known as econometrics.
"I studied geophysics, a technical field, so that I could work in the main industry, the oil," said Omar, 24, who like many Libyans refuses to give his full name for publication for fear of possible consequences.
BEFORE buying a home, PJ Jacobowitz, a lover of computers and comedy, wanted to accomplish two things — to find a great job in a technical field and to gain experience as a stand-up comic.
We memorized these and similar formulas for the S.A.T.s and then never again used them, unless we happened to go into a technical field, or until our own kids took geometry.
"The assumptions made about you when you get into a technical field are that you're either a feminist," said Carole Fennelly, 39, a Unix programmer since 1980, "or you're trying to make a statement, or you're some sort of supergenius.
When Bertrand was a newborn, Matt joked to friends that he would be so relaxed as a parent that he wouldn't care which technical field his son chose to pursue for his Ph.D.
The latest information comes from John McFarlane, a technical field manager for the office of the Mines Advisory Group, or MAG, in Zintan, in the highlands of Libya's west.
