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Word: bayes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...father's $3 million estate, which has gone to an older brother, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), whom he did not know existed. Ray has long been institutionalized because he is an autistic savant. He has a genius for instant mathematical calculation, but he keeps reality and affection at bay by piling barricades of useless information around himself and by insisting, maddeningly, monotonously, monomaniacally, that certain routines, involving meals and TV viewing, be rigorously observed. Charlie abducts him, hoping to gain control of his inheritance, and they set off by car on a cross-country odyssey -- each in his way a manchild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two Out of Five Ain't Bad | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

BOSTON--The number of doctors practicing in Massachusetts has risen in the last decade, according to a new study of physician supply, meaning that reports of medicine's demise in the Bay State may be premature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Number of Bay State Doctors Increases | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

Mitchell, a freshman from Oyster Bay, N.Y., has scored in double figures in all six games this season. He is nailing 53 percent of his shots from the field--the highest average among Crimson starters...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Filling the Hole | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

...first victory in 11 overtime games for the Patriots, the only NFL team which hadn't won an overtime game. Tampa Bay is 4-7-1 in overtime contests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Staurovsky's OT Kick Beats Bucs, 10-7 | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

Eason started in place of Doug Flutie, who was healthy. But Tampa Bay had the NFL's fifth-best run defense and Flutie had thrown poorly and infrequently even though the Patriots were 6-3 in the last nine games with him at quarterback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Staurovsky's OT Kick Beats Bucs, 10-7 | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

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