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Word: caveat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...endorse the fee increase without a caveat. Though a larger budget will help student groups on campus, the council itself can regain legitimacy only by reducing its size-and fast. Having fewer representatives would increase competition in House elections and thereby increase the council's credibility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Yes" on Term Bill Hike | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

...site's visitors, whose opinion shows up in the tallies. President Clinton's lofty national approval ratings in conventional, scientific surveys were definitely not reflected in TIME Daily's own polls -- a twist that caused our voters no end of consternation. But that's the Web's own "caveat surfer," and it's probably preferable to fielding calls from Gallup in the middle of dinner. No, the online polls are not indicative of popular opinion. But unlike Gallup's, they're indicative of your opinion, and, if you've got one, TIME Daily doesn't care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Robots Attack Online Polls: A Report on Ourselves | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...system. For example, a hacker figures out my password and logs in to my account to run amok in the network. I use the "last" command to see when I last logged in, and I notice a location or time that I know I did not login. (One caveat--"last" only works on the current machine, for example, login4, so to be thorough, one must log in to all 10 of the general login machines and all 33 of the workstations.) I immediately change my password and notify Harvard security of the intrusion. Without the "last" command, this breach could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Plea for Privacy' Misguided | 1/22/1999 | See Source »

...trainer. Whatever your age, they make you feel like jumping out of your chair and running a lap or two. Each author has a favorite technique. But those looking for a miracle will be disappointed. Every program requires careful diet and exercise, not to mention an end to smoking. Caveat emptor: Ponce de Leon never found the fountain of youth, and you probably won't either. But a little reading won't hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coming Of Age | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

...caveat for the Square decorations, she says, is to keep it simple. "Anything that's kitschy, we don't sell a lot of," she says...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TheFINE ART WINDOW DECORATION | 12/16/1998 | See Source »

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