Word: eight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were to look at Jen Monti's stat line for the weekend, you might find it a bit plain: nine points, 10 assists against eight turnovers and five rebounds in two games...
Stranger rape declined nearly 90 percent, from eight reported incidents to only one. But non-stranger rape jumped 60 percent, from 15 to 24 occurrences...
Perhaps we'd better prepare for the coming of the god-game generation: children who have tasted such power and know little of defeat. Sid Meier spent his childhood reconstructing the fall of Rome with legions of toy soldiers. Now his eight-year-old son conducts the same campaigns in Civilization, to much greater effect. "Nothing is impossible to him," says Meier. "I suppose once you've led the Roman Empire, you don't really have a sense of limitations...
...about the safety of open-seas racing. The Around Alone follows a 27,000-mile, four-stop route that begins and ends in Charleston, S.C. (see map). Two of the 87 competitors in its five quadrennial races have been lost at sea, and only 42 have completed the treacherous eight-month marathon...
...synchronize your kneetop to your desktop's calendar, spreadsheet and e-mail; or copy files to a floppy disc. Because there are no moving parts like a hard drive (everything is stored in RAM and ROM chips), the batteries seem to stay charged forever; the Pro goes for eight hours straight, and the Tripad for 12. Best of all, there's no boot-up: push a button, and the machine goes on or off instantly...