Word: alien
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead, the major carriers can see something potentially distressing: a swarm of alien aircraft invading the domestic market. These planes belong to the latest wave of upstart airlines hoping to succeed where so many predecessors--161 in the 18 years since deregulation--have plowed under. During that time, the economics of the industry has been tossed around like so much paper in jetwash. And airfares have followed suit. Prices have taken off in "fortress" markets like Denver, where one or two majors have pounded competitors; in California, where the terminals are more crowded, the fares have sunk low enough...
...snag honors without assuming any additional departmental burdens. There are real reasons to write a thesis. With the perspective of time (all two weeks of it), I find myself remembering fondly my final month, where I bled some 80 pages. The thesis stands before me now, not as some alien product of my labors but as a substantial project--a capstone (to borrow a cliche)--that I will take with me after graduation...
...philosophical questions raised by "artificial intelligences" such as Deep Blue, the chess-playing computer that nearly defeated the human world champion, Garry Kasparov. In addition, Kasparov writes about the moment during the match when he first sensed that he was in the presence of a real, albeit somewhat alien, intelligence...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The House continues to tinker with a controversial immigration bill as it nears an expected floor vote Friday. Representatives added an amendment that would permit state and local law enforcement agencies to detain illegal aliens for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and retained a pilot program that lets employers call an INS hotline to check the employability of workers. However, the key addition was an amendment sponsored by Representative Elton Gallegly, which would allow states to bar the children of illegal immigrants from public schools. Gallegly's amendment passed 257-163, but opponents may have the Supreme Court...
...other hand, Newt Gingrich, a confessed Trekkie who looks as if he has bodily fluids to spare, is a perfect target for abduction. Once the Speaker disappeared, I passed the word to people I know who believe in alien visitors: "If you run into any extraterrestrials, ask them if they're holding a sort of pudgy white-haired guy who can't keep his mouth shut...