Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...twice as expensive, if only half as suspenseful, as the last one. There seemed to be no rules, no limits, no penalties: no handshake or photograph that was not auctioned off to a lobbyist or a casino owner. One day last week, two Democratic lobbyists ran into each other near the FBI Building. One, who works for a major oil corporation, said in exasperation, "We've given $100,000 a year to the Democratic Party for a long time. We used to be a big player. But now we don't exist...
...Global Surveyor, which NASA will launch this week, is one of these new spacecraft. Tipping the scale at 2,337 lbs., it is less than half the weight of the 5,672-lb. Observer. Just as important, it cost only $135 million--milk money next to the Observer's near billion-dollar price...
...NYPD Blue" fans, for example, will be disappointed to learn that Harvard police--except for those who work at the Medical School near Mission Hill--do not ride with partners...
...score of the victory over Providence read 3-0, but in fact the game was nowhere near that close. The Crimson scored two goals in the first 15 minutes of the game and coasted...
...currently housed in the Cruft-Pierce-Aiken complex of buildings located on the edge of the law school quad. Although many Harvard undergraduates never venture past the Science Center and hence have no idea what we're talking about, suffice it to say that these buildings are pretty near full...