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Word: passingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...press for publicity, and the Crimson performed a great disservice to Dreyfus by failing to report on his position, or even to acknowledge his candidacy. The role of a news article is to report the facts to the students and let them draw their own conclusions--not to pass judgment on the merits of certain candidates and include or exclude information accordingly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

...abuse has some legislators at the state and even federal level worried enough that the software may be hit within the next few years with laws banning such anonymizing code. "Inevitably, somebody will buy the product and solicit sex with a call girl and then someone will try to pass a law banning it," says Grossman. "Then we'll find out how both the legislators and courts feel." Just a friendly reminder that while we may feel weightless in cyberspace, real-world rules still apply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zero-Knowledge Could Mean Lots o' Lawsuits | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

...prison, John McCain had learned the power of stories. He had been raised on them. The son and grandson of admirals forever at sea, he had spent more time with their legends than with the men themselves. Among the POWs, he was the prison storyteller, the one who helped pass the days by retelling, scene by scene, his favorite Marlon Brando movies, who offered a course he called A History of the World from the Beginning, the one who was allowed 10 minutes with a Bible one Christmas so he could refresh his memory of Bethlehem and lead a service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...long shot. The market has already stood firm against three interest-rate hikes. As for Y2K, I believe the panic came when tech stocks hit the skids last summer. Done. Finito. The market is now looking well past the millennium, having got comfortable with the notion that it will pass with barely a sputter. For that and other reasons, this year's seasonal lift could be something special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Y2 Buy Stocks | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...tradition of the classic Sim City, this PC game lets you build and road-test all kinds of roller-coaster rides. The goal: to make the park's patrons as happy as possible. Do it right and you'll feel as giddy as a kid with a free-ride pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PC Fun | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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