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Word: celling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enraged horde of budding consultants that would inevitably knock down my door, shouting invectives and threatening to stab me with their PalmPilot Styluses. I was afraid that a mob of investment bankers would conspire to give me brain cancer by surrounding me and calling each other with their cell phones. The truth of the matter was that I didn't want to deal with anyone who might be seriously offended by jokes at their expense. The truth of the matter was I didn't really care...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...Other goods available for your shopping pleasure: bikes, cameras and radios. Unfortunately, hardcore search and seizure bootie "never makes it up onto the auction block," according to Director of General Supply Jim Sullivan. Sorry, cell phones, bootleg watches, firearms and other weapons end up either "destroyed" or sent to the proper legal departments. For Miami Vice gear at rock bottom prices, bargain hunters should consider bidding outside the Commonwealth...

Author: By A.b. Osceola, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Caveat Emptor: Shopping for the Cheap and Impounded | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

Louis Bruno, 20, was arraigned late last week, and is now in a Middlesex County jail cell...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Suspect Arrested in Rape | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...amazing what today's cell phones can do on a digital network. Their latest trick: accessing the Web to check the weather, look up a stock price or find out if the Rangers won. They can also read e-mail, send a short text message, keep a calendar and respond to voice commands. But the one thing they can't do is offer reliable service. Is it any wonder that a majority of mobile phone users have stuck with old-style, no-frills analog service? Analog is more expensive, but it's everywhere, while digital networks still suffer from spotty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Gabbing on the Go--in Style | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

DICK TRACY LIVES Cell phones have got smaller and smaller, but your fingers haven't shrunk, making sleek mobiles like the Nokia 8860 frustrating to operate. That's why Samsung's new watchphone makes more sense than most miniatures. It uses voice-recognition software from Conversa to dial phone numbers and read e-mail in response to plain-English commands. Available late next year, it should arrive just in time to accessorize your Dick Tracy Halloween costume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 29, 1999 | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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