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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very good list. For one thing, these objects are meaningful only because they are placed in some greater social context. But once that context is forgotten, the objects lose their intended meaning...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: All of Harvard, In a Time Capsule | 12/8/1999 | See Source »

...failure of the Mars Polar Lander will provide some much-needed answers. In the meantime, NASA stands behind its strategy. "Would you rather go back and spend $2 billion to $3 billion a spacecraft," NASA administrator Daniel Goldin asked this weekend, "and send them up every 10 years and lose one of them?" But there should be a more effective middle ground. In the end "faster, better, cheaper" may be replaced by another saying: "Penny wise, pound foolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Red Planet, Red Faces | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...played very tentative offensively," Delaney-Smith said. "I don't know why--if I did, I'd fix it. Although even as we played tentative, we got some great shots. To hang on is really all that matters right now. I have to figure out a way not to lose a 20-point lead...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hoops Takes Third at ECAC Holiday Fest | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...conservative Democrats, according to data collected by the Pew Research Center. And while he has lost ground in New Hampshire, Bush is still the favorite of conservative Republicans in national polls. "Bush is a conservative who doesn't scare moderates," brags a top adviser, who insists that Bush can lose New Hampshire to McCain and still cruise to the nomination. "Our message doesn't just resonate with one target group; it resonates with all of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Feeding Both Sides | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...COUGHLIN Jaguars coach has defense worthy of '85 Bears. Who says expansion teams always lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 6, 1999 | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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