Word: chipping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson continued to chip away at the deficit throughout the first half until co-captain and two-time defending Ivy League Player of the Year Allison Feaster put Harvard ahead for the first time on a three-point play with just over five minutes left in the period...
...What happened? First of all, heavy selling in Tokyo ? where the blue-chip Nikkei 225 index plummeted 697.51 points, or 4.2 percent, to end at 15836.36. It was the first time the index retreated below the 16000 mark since 1995. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong dropped another 2.95 percent Friday, ending down...
After a brief rest, Hong Kong investors are back to worrying about interest rates, reports Money Daily. Following a relatively upbeat 99-point loss yesterday, the blue-chip Hang Seng index Thursday tumbled 269.19 points, or 2.5 percent, to close...
...hated the idea of a V chip in your television, wait until you hear that the government wants to install one in your computer. TIME has learned that the FCC has proposed that new PCs be outfitted with a V chip to filter out video violence and sex. Still unclear is what Net broadcasts could be affected. The idea alarms free-speech advocates, who wonder why Americans need a Net-nanny. "What you get is a devolution of the First Amendment," argues lawyer Bob Corn-Revere. FCC chairman REED HUNDT says the high-tech industry can "be part...
...Still, Saddam Hussein seems prepared to use this as a bargaining chip to try to force negotiations over U.N. sanctions. According to Iraqi radio Monday, he called the inspections "silly and provocative...