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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Worse, Bradley argued, was the fact that the U.S. still clings to an often ineffectual Russian leader, Boris N. Yeltsin...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: At Tufts, Bradley Criticiques Gore on Russia | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

Delta officials counter that Averell was in fact late for his flight...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Averell Fights the Man | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...four humans who wrote short stories on the same topic. The computer's entry, "Self-Betrayal," was unremarkable; its first sentence, "Dave Striver loved the university--at least most of the time," seems to fail the "Call me Ishmael" test, and the protagonist's name is clumsily allegorical. In fact, the story came in last in a poll of visitors to the site; the literary field is for now safe from a deluge of machine-produced prose...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Creativity, Bit by Bit | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...fact, all the leading software packages are mature products. You won't go wrong with any of them for basic chores, and the frills are only as seductive as their actual usefulness to you. Consider what you have and whether it's worth plunking down more cash for another shrink-wrapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Get the Right Tool for the Job | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...fact, many of the titles listed here offer an experience superior to going to the movies. Lucas Arts' Star Wars game far outshines the altogether dismal film prequel offered in The Phantom Menace. Gamemakers are starting to pull in big names. James Earl Jones, for example, stars in Command & Conquer's latest outing, while David Bowie is the driving force behind the forthcoming Omikron. Indeed, game designers are starting to act like directors--guys like Sid Meier (Alpha Centauri) and Adrian Smith (Tomb Raider) who closet themselves in high-end studios for two years at a time, ceaselessly fine-tuning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Games Enter the Mainstream | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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