Word: crucially
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Harvard was able to regain some composure, andSturdy knocked down a crucial three-pointer with4:11 left to increase the Crimson's lead to 71-62.Harvard, however, was unable to convert its freethrows down the stretch--the team shot a paltry 47percent from the charity stripe for the game--andDubuisson and All-Tournament team honoree JennyNett combined to cut Wofford's deficit to threewith 1:47 left in the game...
Break the code. Right now, some non-Microsoft programmers say they are disadvantaged in writing applications that work on Windows because they don't have sufficient access to crucial Microsoft codes that mate the applications to the Windows software. As a result, they say, Microsoft has a big edge in selling lucrative word-processing, finance and other software to users of Windows, which runs more than 90% of the world's personal computers. The court could supervise the sharing of Microsoft's codes--known in techspeak as application-program interfaces, or APIs--and thereby ensure a level playing field...
...prime time for scalping. You're stuck with a K Mart waiting list and cheerful lies from salespeople: "We'll call you soon." Makes you wanna gouge those adorable Furby eyes right out of their electronic sockets. So who's to blame? How did a little fuzzy doll become crucial to your eight-year-old's survival...
...against President Clinton are being drafted, there seems to be some dispute in the investigation that brought them about. Ken Starr and his deputies had slightly different stories to tell when they finally hit what Starr had earlier derided as "the talk-show circuit" Wednesday. Asked about the first, crucial hours when his office held Monica Lewinsky without an attorney, the independent counsel told ABC's Diane Sawyer "it was fair and right to go to someone who is in the midst of a very serious thing." But Starr deputy Robert Bittman said his boss was "a little na?ve...
Karen Lawley, head of biology and biochemistry laboratory safety, agrees that proper training is crucial...