Word: mattered
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...structure--all delimiting the ability of giants to operate in the sky over a 10-ft.-high basket. By his athleticism, he proved that basketball required the world's best athletes, not simply the tallest. And, in a way, he also showed it to be a team sport. No matter how talented an individual is, no one player, including the divine Michael, can beat a well-coordinated group of five...
Forget Wall Street. More than 75 years ago, a Stanford University economist named Thorstein Veblen predicted that one day, engineers would be the true masters of the financial universe. It's technology that drives the economy, he argued, and since engineers create the stuff, it'll only be a matter of time before they come to their senses, seize power and undercut the venture capitalists and corporate bigwigs who make so much dough from other people's brilliant ideas. Veblen was right, it turns out. And though they never met, the man who would lead the revolution was a more...
...that's too embarrassing, he can turn to his friend's mother. She keeps a stockpile handy for the kids, diligently replenishing it once a month. She might be pleased to know that students are having protected sex no matter where they are. Building supervisor Frank Schaffer says that every so often his crews find used condoms in the corridors, stairways or the attic above Roberts Gym. "At least they're using them," he says...
...joke and gossip easily between classes, study together in the library and date one another. Jonathan counts among his best friends three white guys in his choir class. "Blacks and whites mix in real well together here," he says. Sally Roth, a white senior, agrees. "Race doesn't really matter here," she says. "I've dated black guys, and so have just about all my friends...
...Still, officials acknowledge, the mishandling law is flawed. Says a veteran espionage-law specialist: "If you prosecuted people for leaving classified documents in a men's room or a cab or at home, you'd end up prosecuting every GS-7 clerk and secretary in the government." As a matter of policy, to avoid negative court decisions that could make it harder to try full-fledged espionage cases, the Justice Department has rarely invoked the statute. Lee's lawyer, Mark Holscher, is underwhelmed. "It is unfortunate that unnamed sources appear to be attempting to use the press to revive this...