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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have to give Douglas Durst credit for building a very interesting skyscraper [HEROES FOR THE PLANET, Oct. 18]. If builders can construct more of these environmentally friendly buildings, it would reduce the energy used in cities, thus saving our natural resources. ADAM J. TREXLER Columbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 15, 1999 | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...outside of the region. Vaux says he could probably identify where a person is from, by asking under ten questions regarding such idiosyncracies in language. He explains that one of the main reasons the world's languages vary so widely involves the way in which children learn language. "They construct their language based on what they hear from...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Jamming with Prof. Vaux | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...amount of time it takes to construct one of the yachts competing in this Saturday's America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Minutes | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...plans to construct an on-line book-ordering program by the spring that will calculate the least expensive textbook options and provide links to the appropriate booksellers...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Reps to Faculty Committees Pledge Reform | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...friends in the administration raised $2.1 billion. They held a big party in Manhattan to congratulate themselves and the donors. If the federal government had Neil L. Rudenstine's fundraising skills, we might be able to save Social Security and Medicare. Harvard plans to use the money to construct new ornamental towers for Sever, Emerson and the government tutorial office on Dunster Street...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Off the Faux Deep End | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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