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Word: nearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...played near flawless squash despite the grueling three-match schedule on Saturday...

Author: By Maureen B. Shannon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M., W. Squash Cruise by Five Opponents | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...caller reported that a man carrying what looked to be a gun was walking near Boylston Hall. A thorough search of the area turned up nothing...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Police Log | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...suspicious person was stopped near Lamont Library. The individual turned out to be a student...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Police Log | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...touchdown at right around its scheduled landing time, 3:01 p.m. EST. But NASA failed to receive a signal from the craft during the first 20-minute communications window, beginning around 3:40 p.m. The Lander is the partner craft to the Mars Climate Observer, which was famously lost near Mars after scientists had a mixup between the U.S. and metric measuring systems. This time, a NASA spokesman called the landing "flawless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Polar Lander Hits, Then Gets Ready to Listen to Mars | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...could be life. But the real fun starts Saturday, when we get a planetary first: Mars wired for sound. If everything works as planned, a small, cheap microphone placed on the lander by the Planetary Society will begin streaming the sounds of the Red Planet to a web page near you. Which if nothing else means next time a Mars probe goes astray, we'll be able to hear the crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Polar Lander Hits, Then Gets Ready to Listen to Mars | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

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