WE'VE seen this pattern before in the computer world: many companies scrambling at the same time to solve the same problem.
In an interview, Mr. Santorum suggested that he would consider it a victory to finish better in the caucuses than Mrs. Bachmann or Mr. Perry, who are scrambling for the same evangelical support.
"We're all kind of scrambling for the same shirt and the same pair of pants," said Timothy Best, administrator for the Salvation Army adult rehabilitation center in South Bend, Ind., where sales this year were up 12percentt and donations were down 8 to 15percentt.
Contract research companies such as Innovus are scrambling for the same small pool of appropriately qualified and experienced individuals.
You see, if your goals -- the very things that you refer to as being the "Life Of Your Dreams," do not have you scrambling with the same fervor you would if you were at the bottom of a pit facing life and death -- then perhaps you need to do some soul searching and decide if your definition has changed.
"But having lost with the last pair at the crease in their last game a month ago, Lancashire tasted victory in the same position, scrambling the winning run with two balls to spare.
Moreover, the order of the fragments is scrambled (i.e., rnl1, rnl2, rnl3, and rnl4 are not arranged consecutively), but scrambled in the same manner across the genomes (Fig. 2).
But in the scheme of things, and in a marketplace so competitive that four professionals scramble for the same 15 events, such stuff is humdrum.
Almost every commercial site scrambles a user's password before storing it; when the user tries to log in, the password they provide is scrambled in the same way and then compared with the stored one, meaning the "plaintext" password is not available.
The delight over the availability of hot Italian food and even catering hall space has been replaced with disappointment that many chain stores, including Duane Reade, 7-Eleven, Petco and Staples, largely have not scrambled with the same determined fervor to reopen.
