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...costly communication error by the promoter, especially in the wake of the Suzanne Vega concert disaster," said Eugene S. Kim '92, chair of the social committee. "Last year the council didn't have a lot of options, but this year we want to shop around for a good product at a good price...

Author: By Sean L. Presant, | Title: Council Scraps Proposal To Invite Steven Wright | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Karpov indicated that Deep Thought, the infamous chess computer program, gave him little trouble on Friday, although he expressed surprise at some of the computer's moves. At one point he said that the computer's most serious error was trying to go for a win rather than a draw...

Author: By John M. Bernard, | Title: Karpov Defeated by One of 43 Chess Opponents | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Hospital officials insist that the misadministered dose was simply human error. They are seeking to have a $14,000 fine reduced or even dismissed. Lane, whose chances of developing cancer could increase more than 4% every year, is fearful about the future. "What if my health insurance gets canceled?" she asks. "What about ((my children's)) college? It looks like I'm not going to be here for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arizona: A Terrible Mistake | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...ringing from as much as 20 seconds to as little as four seconds. But the refinement inadvertently made the system more prone to breakdowns. Last week's glitch spread rapidly among the 114 computers in AT&T's network in part because they all contained the same programming error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghost in The Machine | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the testimony cited by the learned Justice and his Chief was in error, and this error has been allowed to skew the entire debate on the subject. There is no theory of life's origin in Darwin's work. True to his title, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Darwin confined himself to describing the process by which new species, including our own, have evolved from the old. In a letter to American botanist Asa Gray, he dismissed all theological pretensions on his part with the words: "A dog might as well speculate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Dissent, Dogma and Darwin's Dog | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

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