Word: paper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their nifty buttons and sex appeal, handheld organizers have always seemed cooler in concept than in reality--too clunky and complicated to replace pen and paper. Then U.S. Robotics introduced its Pilot, the first palmtop to cram addresses and a daily calendar into a simple, 5-oz. electronic tablet. With a penlike stylus, users can jot down notes on the screen and transfer them to a desktop PC program like Lotus Organizer. ($249; Palm Computing...
...study habits, and you have a diversity of sleep cycles that would make the admissions office proud. At 2:30 a.m. on any weeknight, there are Harvard students in the University Lutheran Church, overseeing the homeless shelter, at The Crimson putting the finishing touches on the next day's paper, in the Grays basement staffing Room 13, in the Science Center computer labs perfecting programs and, from Mather to Pforzheimer, in their rooms cranking out essays under the glare of a halogen lamp...
...Times chose not to include that part. As I discovered once I got a hold of the week-old newspaper, my piece had been picked for inclusion in the Times' roundup of summer jobs. But the paper quoted my article very selectively. The Times had not been fact-checked! The reporter who had compiled the article did nothing more than leave a message on my answering machine, asking about one of the minor facts I had quoted. In short, he succeeded in verifying that I had a working phone number. The ridiculous facts I had checked were included...
...team lost only two seniors last year and picked up two transfer students and six freshmen. Coach Michael A. Chasson said. "On paper we are a better team than last year," he said...
...here to help you craft a piece of paper," says career counselor Nancy Saunders. "Any counselor would [tell a dishonest student], that the path you are following will catch up with you someday...