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Word: nearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aren't close to the Donna Reed 1950s Space Age ideal. In fact, Donna Reed largely doesn't exist anymore. As fewer women choose to be housewives, the need to create Rosie the Robot has ironically fallen by the wayside. Flying cars aren't anywhere near the horizon. We're just getting started with alternative automobile fuel sources like ethanol, electricity and solar power. Food capsules? Forget it. We're still working on genetically enhancing our food, not shrinking it into little pills...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Back to the Future | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...base card, and to date, the manufacturer has not come up with a topping that will adhere for long periods to the overlay." With the increased use of card readers, rather than impressions, Wamback sees the possibility for a card with a "simple flat font sometime in the near future...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The ID Deconstructed | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...think the robber has a size 11 shoe." For Stevens, "The real pain was having to get the new I.D. card. [The I.D. people told me] I had to have the police report with me, so I had to walk out to HUPD, which is all the way out near the Quad" in the rain. Stevens' troubles continued once he reached the station. "My name was misspelled on the report, and then they fixed that, but the report said it was Matt's wallet and his I.D. card [that had been stolen]. They needed to fix the report...

Author: By Ben C. Wasserstein, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Waking Up to Crime in Matthews Hall | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...Citystep Ball--I would know way more people than like IGP, all the people near and dear to me. Lacrosse--it would seem cold and unfriendly. I don't want to wear pantyhose though...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Would You Rather... | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

Lobby 10, located on Memorial Drive near Mass. Ave, was closed for an hour as MIT police investigated the incident...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder and Scott A. Rechler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: MIT Fratenity Stunt Backfires, Hurts Students | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

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