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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proposed bill would encourage mediation and give companies a 90-day period to fix a computer glitch before a plaintiff could file suit. There would be a punitive-damages cap for small businesses, and companies would be held liable only for the portion of damage they cause. ?Both sides would get something,? says TIME senior writer Adam Cohen. Industry would get some protections, but, he says ?the bill would still leave a lot of room for people to go to court.? Some key Democrats, however, want the President to keep insisting that that room be kept as large as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Struggles to Work Out Bugs in Y2K Liability | 6/29/1999 | See Source »

...analysis of Einstein's brain by Canadian scientists, reported in the current Lancet, reveals that it has some distinctive physical characteristics after all. A portion of the brain that governs mathematical ability and spatial reasoning--two key ingredients to the sort of thinking Einstein did best--was significantly larger than average and may also have had more interconnections among its cells, which could have allowed them to work together more effectively. While the case is far from proven, says Dr. Francine Benes, director of the Structural Neuroscience Laboratory at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., "it's a fascinating discovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Einstein's Brain Built for Brilliance? | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...what about the swimsuit portion of the competition...

Author: By Geoffrey A. Fowler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lawless Competes in Pageant | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...came in sixth at the state level and won the talent portion of the competition, but the responsibilities of her Freetown title remain...

Author: By Geoffrey A. Fowler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lawless Competes in State Pageant | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...what about the swimsuit portion of the competition...

Author: By Geoffrey A. Fowler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lawless Competes in State Pageant | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

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