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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Microsoft's codes--known in techspeak as application-program interfaces, or APIs--and thereby ensure a level playing field for all programmers who want to write for Windows. Not surprisingly, Microsoft sees no such need. "Our applications are successful because they are better products, not because there is a cheat sheet," says Tod Nielsen, the company's general manager of developer relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Gates Loses, Then What? | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

However, at week's end Berger was taking a few shots from detractors. In particular, the notion that Saddam is still playing a game of "cheat and retreat" has reinforced criticism that Clinton has no coherent strategy for containing Saddam. "The problem with the Administration's foreign policy," says Richard Haass of the Brookings Institution, "is there's not enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President's Triggerman | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...doesn't an Italian woman cheat on her husband?" he asks, confounding his predominantly female Jewish audience. "Because if she did, WHAM!" he adds with a gesture to match. "But a Jewish wife," he continues, "has nothing to lose. She cheats on her husband and what happens--he runs and call his mother." The audience, of course, roars its approval and the consensus of nodding heads makes it clear that no one is taking offense. He proceeds along similar lines for most of the show: "There are no Jewish athletes. All we had was Mark Spitz. He took one swim...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chutzpah, the Musical: Jackie Mason Yuks Up 'Much Ado About Everything' | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...feather boa, sequins and the kind of oversize designer glasses Elton John made famous, the 6-ft. 4-in. Ventura would flex his muscles, glower at opponents and spit out such gems of wrestling wisdom as, "Win if you can, lose if you must, but ALWAYS cheat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body-Slam Politics | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...there were perhaps 50 families home-schooling their kids in Wichita. Afraid that the practice violated Kansas law, they met in secret and kept their children inside during school hours. Most publishers refused to sell them teachers' guides, assuming they wanted the answer sheets to help their kids cheat. So they bought the textbooks Christian schools were throwing away. Home-schooled kids didn't have many academic or extracurricular outlets, which was all right, since almost all were under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home (School) Improvement | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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