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Word: points (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have guided Radcliffe steadily and with great distinction to a point where you can now leave it, with enormous satisfaction, to a new future," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cheers, Tears Mark Sunlit Ceremony | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...point margin, voters across the internet opted for the Sicilian defense earlier this week in an online match against Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. The contest, which Microsoft grandiosely bills "Kasparov vs. the World," began Monday in New York when Kasparov moved a giant Pawn to E4 on a 400 square-foot chessboard in Bryant Park. Back in cyberspace the World, aided by a panel of chess champions hired by Microsoft, had 24 hours to respond. The Microsoft Network, which is hosting the match, did not say how many people voted in the first round, though the company said...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: Garry Kasparov, Through the Internet | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...gained an agreement," Fineberg said. "I think it was a process that was a very good process from my vantage point because it allowed [us to] build on foundations of growing trust which was not, quite honestly, abundant at the beginning of discussions...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Heated Panel Debates Merger Deal | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...tolerance for alcohol but also put myself in an irreversible predicament marked by poor, weaks, and forgettable grades. Despite my best rescue attempts during reading period, my grades slipped into the crapper, superflushed by the latest technology before I could reach in and grab them back. With my grade point average, of course, went my hopes for a successful life. There would be no opportunities for graduate school and no chance at a decent job after college; the only ladder that I would be climbing would be the one at the local A&P--to assist the customer in getting...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Maintaining a Healthy Perspective on Life | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...down the hall about 50 ft. to Stein's office, where it made another left and entered. A few seconds later a short, high-pitched scream (not robotic) indicated that Cye had found its mark. Upon inspection, I saw Stein standing on his sofa. "I fear it," he said, pointing at the orange robot. After Cye mastered the Steinway ("learning" the placement of walls and natural barriers, such as piles of discarded newspapers), I could automatically recall it to my office. From then on, it was a simple task to dispatch Cye whenever necessary. I could even have harassed Stein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Real R2D2? | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

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