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Word: fleetingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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To help catch these actors, Bartlett scanned pictures of faces into the computer and wrote instructions that taught the machine to recognize six of Ekman's coded movements: the fleeting grimace or scowl, for example, that may precede a liar's counterfeit smile. When the computer was later presented with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lying Faces Unmasked | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

It's almost ironic that Hadid's design for Cincinnati should have the best chance of all her work of being built. The site is quite vertical, and Hadid's architecture is usually characterized by exaggerated horizontal plinths and floating fractured wedges. Her fondness for the stretch is expressed in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: She's Gotta Build It | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

Though Vermont (13-16-2, 7-13-2 ECAC) and Dartmouth (10-17-2, 6-14-2) only caught fleeting glimpses of the Crimson's new fluorescent locks, they certainly felt the team unity and pride it was supposed to represent. On the last weekend of the regular season, Harvard...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Roars Into Playoffs | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

In a way, lifting personal taste from past decades bears built-in advantages. Quality may well be a function of time. From Salieri to the Spice Girls, time has a natural way of filtering out the fleeting, ensuring that only the worthwhile endures. And in purely fiscal terms, it pays...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Endpaper: Play it Again, Sam | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

In a way, lifting personal taste from past decades bears built-in advantages. Quality may well be a function of time. From Salieri to the Spice Girls, time has a natural way of filtering out the fleeting, ensuring that only the worthwhile endures. And in purely fiscal terms, it pays...

Author: By Terry E. E. chang, | Title: Play it again, Sam | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

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