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Word: contentions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eventually I decided that this wasn't the best idea. As I read more, I decided I wasn't content to be proved a crook and dragged away by the law, or to flee the scene of the crime, or to die seductively. Even worse was the possibility of fading gently into the back-ground, leaving the hero to morosely slug down several fifths of whiskey and move on to his next case. I didn't want to be a prop anymore. (By this point I also had learned about the other half of a prostitute's job. Suddenly those...

Author: By Jessica Hammer, | Title: GROWING UP NOIR | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...actually still on the table," says Tim Brady, VP in charge of production at Yahoo!, adding that "All the new browsers are defaulted to white anyway." This is Yahoo!'s first face-lift in over a year. Why? The new face of Yahoo! makes more of the site's content accessible from the front page, including news feeds and a link to its gaming site. The new page is slightly fatter, too, but among search engines it's still the quickest download around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yahoo! to Lose Its Gray? | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

This site is well organized and shows a good use of tables. The content is rich, and there are lots of click-able areas, which make Web browsers happy. There are also clear color contrasts, which make for easy readability (as opposed to putting blue writing on a blue background). It also demonstrates a good use of Java...

Author: By Scott A. Penner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE 7 BEST Web Sites @ Harvard | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

...home page of Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '00. While most home pages talk about the student and his or her friends, this page has some real content to it. A list of not only the typical stuff (information about self, friends, classes, etc.) but information on the Arab world and a plethora of links to it. There are even links to Arabic radio and Real Audio sites...

Author: By Scott A. Penner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE 7 BEST Web Sites @ Harvard | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

...course, pro wrestling has enthusiastic fans as well and it's not exactly considered prime real estate for advertisers. GeoCities is "not getting a Wall Street Journal demographic," agrees Peter Storck, head ad analyst at Jupiter Communications. "It remains to be seen how valuable the ad space around amateur content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amateur Hour Works for GeoCities | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

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