Word: altos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that time, Rudenstine sketched a vision of the new Institute as a knowledge-seeking group similar to the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study or the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, Calif...
...magnifying glass on gender would set the Radcliffe Institute apart from other centers of advanced study. Neil J. Smelser, director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, Calif. said such a focus would provide the new school with an inherently "different character" from his school...
Stanford University is located in Palo Alto, Calif., 30 minutes from the Pacific Ocean. San Francisco is a 30-minute drive north and San Jose, the unofficial capital of the Silicon Valley, is a half-hour south. Think about it: Stanford is right in the thick of things...
...week quarter. Opportunities to visit Yosemite or Lake Tahoe happen just as often. Day trips to Monterey Bay, local shopping malls and other area attractions are extremely common, but again, you'll need a car or to know someone who has one. For those not so lucky, Palo Alto offers little more than upscale cafes and restaurants to take your date to before a semi-formal or swing party...
...finest old manuscripts are no longer the exclusive domain of scholars and wealthy collectors. Now, thanks to Octavo Corp. of Palo Alto, Calif., anyone with a computer and CD-ROM drive can enjoy priceless works by Galileo, Shakespeare, Ben Franklin and other greats exactly as they appear in the originals--complete with watermarks, worn pages and wormholes. Says Richard Kuhta, librarian of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington: "You can do everything but smell the book." What's more, readers can instantly search these digital copies, unlike the originals, to find a word or phrase. Co-founded by Adobe Systems...