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Word: minuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ballgame." A little confused about the nature of the seventh-inning stretch, a young, very drunk man decides to strip. He is down to his skivvies when the police appear to arrest him. He seems to sober up after the officers cuff him. He is escorted out, still minus his shirt. Rumors circulate that something important may have happened on the field during the commotion...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Two Sides of America's Favorite Pastime | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

...releasing a stream of striking panoramic shots taken by the rover and Pathfinder that provide convincing evidence that the planet was inundated by ancient floods, some the size of the massive deluge that filled the Mediterranean basin. Today's Martian forecast: dry, with a temperature at dawn of minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sojourner's Snapshots | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

...language requirement is, one can satisfy that one-year requirement by making the grade of D minus," Flier says...

Author: By Charles G. Kels, | Title: Professors Debate Strengthening Language Requirement | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...formulation of the QRR sub-field is further delayed because the committee is currently minus a chair, Lewis said. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles is conducting a search for the professor who will be instrumental in defining the new requirement...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Results of Core Reform May Take Years to Show | 5/23/1997 | See Source »

...says he'd give the Web a B-plus, even an A-minus, that on balance it is a force for good. Yet an "accident of fate" has compromised its goodness. And that accident is intertwined with--perhaps, perversely, even caused by--his decision back in 1992 to take the road less traveled. The question that fascinates people who have heard of Berners-Lee--Why isn't he rich?--may turn out to have the same answer as the question that fascinates him: Why isn't the World Wide Web better than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIM BERNERS-LEE: THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE WEB | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

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