Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what he liked in a spending bill. Acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger countered by arguing that Congress also has the power to prevent the President from using the line-item veto on specific proposals, through a simple majority vote. The Justices agreed to hear the case on a special fast-track basis, but some of them expressed skepticism that it was the Supreme Court's responsibility to referee this particular argument. A decision is expected by July...
Like a parent whose toddler is wobbling eagerly toward a wedding cake, etiquette can move fast when it has to. People think they can get away with using their cellular telephones at any time or place they choose, confident that etiquette is too befuddled by this wondrous novelty to set limits...
Stansky: A lot of the small caps' earnings did not grow as fast because they didn't have exposure to the lower dollar [which spurs exports] and international business. The multinationals here have 60% of their business outside...
...believe that Deep Blue's victory over Kasparov is, and should be considered, an historic event. But why? Some may claim to have known all along that a fast enough computer would be able to defeat any human, even the very best. If a human is stronger, then the computer only need be that much faster. So if none of this is news, why should May 11, 1997--the first time a computer beat a reigning world champion in a match--be considered the date to immortalize...
...conceivable that human understanding may be so penetrating, human intuition so deep, that computers cannot physically become fast enough (able to see far enough ahead) to beat the best humans consistently. Even if computers can become fast enough, we may be unable to program their evaluation functions well enough for them to judge (as well as humans can "feel") what moves are best...