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Word: moles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ehud Barak's prominent facial mole will make him a popular man among caricaturists. We asked political cartoonists to name other political figures they thought were particularly enjoyable targets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 60 Second Symposium | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...necessarily need James Bond to pilfer corporate secrets. Amateur actors will do fine. Over the past few years, textile manufacturer Milliken & Co. allegedly stole information from a host of rivals without so much as a bug or a mole. Instead, according to a lawsuit filed last October by Johnston Industries, based in Columbus, Ga., one Milliken employee posed as a business-school student researching a paper, and another played a Swiss banker seeking investment opportunities. One alleged target, NRB Industries, has reportedly settled its case against Milliken. The $2 billion-a-year titan has denied the charges, but Johnston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyeing The Competition | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...analyst with tech experts IDT. "But these games are expensive. Compared with MP3, the desire to do this is greater." And the opportunity, despite the risk of felony prosecution, is growing. Illegally copied games sites are proliferating so fast that stamping them out is akin to "playing wack-a-mole at the county fair," says Kathlene Karg, one of the IDSA investigators who raided McLaughlin's operation. Case in point: the IDSA managed to shut down 400 sites in the past year--impressive but less than 1% of the estimated total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Games Get Trashed | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Overall, Jeeves is capable of answering some six million possible questions. These range from such pressing informational issues as "Is Madonna's mole real?" to the more metaphysical issues of "Am I in love?" and "What is the meaning of life?" (although Jeeves' answer to the latter question leaves much to be desired...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jeeves: Your Cyberspace Butler | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

RockSOLID: DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOLE IN A COOL PLACE...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Co-Ed Naked Comedy With Jon Stewart | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

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