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Word: fasts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much as 25 percent for off-peak summer flights, prompting the other major carriers to fall quickly into formation with similar reductions and promotions. Analysts say that the carriers, buoyed by increased business and leisure travel, may have bought too many planes and put them into service too fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thud! Rising Fares Hit a Sudden Air Pocket | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...year, an upgrade will turn the player into a jukebox, so that CD-quality music that's currently beamed down in real time can be stored for playing later over your stereo system (assuming you've hooked your TV to a stereo). The connection is so fast, says an EchoStar spokesman, that entire CDs could be transmitted in a few minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Neighbor's Dish | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...sheep clones have little to worry about. While their truncated telomeres may burn down relatively fast, the animals are likely to die of natural causes before frayed chromosomes claim them. But if scientists ever get around to cloning humans, things could get stickier. You might end up with the worst of both worlds, says Thomas Murray of the Hastings Center, a New York-based think tank, "combining the inexperience of youth with the biology of the aged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye, Dolly | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

WHAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CHINESE ARCHRIVALS? Lindsay: "We're both long and tall [for divers]. They are really short. They can spin really fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Profiles | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...Before you book that summer vacation with a travel agent, try travelocity.com or expedia.msn.com Both sites have fast, easy fare finders for trips anywhere in the world and will send you weekly updates on new low fares. They also have hotel and destination guides in case you want a place to go after you land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Anita | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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