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Word: overlays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...allow smaller libraries and University Health Services to take impressions of cards rather than copy down information. The reason the ink doesn't stay on your name for long is, according to Wamback, that "to protect the image and other graphics on the card, a very thin film of overlay is put on the card when it is generated. The chemical composition of this overlay is very different from the 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...

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

...that the reported cause of death in some cases is based on "anecdotal information." In some of the cases the babies might have been victims of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); it is also not clear if parents' consumption of alcohol or drugs might have contributed to the "overlay" deaths. (Interestingly, even safety equipment is dangerous if misused: eight infant deaths during this period involved baby rails, intended to keep the child from rolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids in the Bed | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...Council also "re-filed" two proposed versions to extend the Interim Planning Overlay Petition (IPOP) at the meeting, said Davis...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Considers Healy Contract | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

...Singaporean immigrants based in Redwood City, Calif., lets you attach Post-it type notes throughout a website. Subsequent visitors who have also installed the software can read your messages, add comments or start their own discussion threads. The notes don't actually alter the underlying sites; they merely overlay them with a "transparency," to use nomenclature preferred by co-founder and CEO Eng-Siong Tan. And they cover everything from earnest commentary and rude invective to invitations to check out the poster's hot new home page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spraypainting the Web | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

With the October 1999 expiration of the city's Interim Planning Overlay Petition (IPOP) amendment looming, the council met in a special round table discussion to consider ways to integrate commercial zones and residential housing better. The IPOP amendment governs much of the city's approach to large scale commercial development...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: CDD Presents Zoning Suggestions | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

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