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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anderson said he found it "ironic" that the Swiss academy did not offer Nobel prizes in his field...

Author: By Sarah C. Haskins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prof. Nets Crafoord Prize | 4/28/1998 | See Source »

...computers themselves are chosen by a group of students who make recommendations on what the Showcase should offer. Since then, the room has "evolved over time as a place where people can use more advanced technology for things," explains Steen...

Author: By Melissa L. Franke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Technology Showcase Highlights Latest Products | 4/28/1998 | See Source »

...have something to do with the wide and troubling gap that persists between black and white scores on standardized tests for college admission. Yet we continue to put sports figures on pedestals, paying some of them enough to fund a small-town school system, while we offer few rewards in prestige and applause to youngsters who excel in academics. Indeed, in some black neighborhoods, kids who do well in school are ridiculed for "acting white." Black entertainers Will Smith and Chris Rock have boldly (and hilariously) taken aim at that attitude. Why not the President and his sports panel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trash Talk on Sports | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...pursue. Then there's Windows DNA FS (Distributed Internet Applications for Financial Services, for those keeping score at home), Microsoft's bid for the banking industry's long-term back-office software business, which looks like one of the biggest cash cows high-tech capitalism has yet to offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Bank Of Redmond | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...sings chorales, declaims a scene from Hamlet and very persuasively fakes a suicide. He is a dutiful son and a shameless stud, a romantic egotist and sometimes a little boy lost. Few movies offer a performer the opportunity to let his talents cascade forth in the breathless rush that Two Girls and a Guy provides Robert Downey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: And As For The Movie... | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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