Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This time, it ain?t no sweet "Melissa." Unlike March?s viral vixen, which produced little more than some brief mayhem and an entertaining manhunt, ExploreZip isn?t a virus, it?s a worm ?- and quite an insidious one. Although structurally different, it's spreading as fast as the lightning-quick Melissa and doing a lot more damage. From large corporations such as Boeing and IBM to smaller, ironic targets such as antivirus software maker Symantec (and in countries from Germany to Israel, where it is believed to have originated), ExploreZip is entering computers through their e-mail systems...
That January 8, 1900 edition of The Crimson, with its brief look at the happenings of the previous century, is of course not the kind of in-depth review needed for an entire millennium. But its approach of examining the past in appreciation and then moving on to the future without hype, without fear of apocalypse or blind expectation of a momentous event, is worth emulating...
...After a brief winning interlude--a 7-2 decision over Richmond in its home opener--the Crimson took to the road against highly touted Mississippi and Vanderbilt, and despite some gutsy play, was trounced 9-0 by each...
Early 1999 also saw a brief upswing in muggings and assaults...
...Early 1999 also saw a brief upswing in muggings and assaults...