Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Shuttleboy's creator, David J. Malan '99, wrote the program for his friends last fall, but the service soon gained campus-wide popularity. Available by typing "shuttleboy" or "sb" at the fas prompt in telnet, it lists the next three times different shuttle routes will pick up at points around campus...
...tearing through the Potter books and begging for more, the confessions of a growing number of adults not so young that they find these young-adult books irresistible. And the arrival of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will only add more fuel to the Potter conflagration and prompt anew the question that is baffling many non-Harry publishers and readers alike: What on earth is going on here...
...Rowling also names the Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch, evidently hoping that a few adult readers will remember that Argus, in Greek mythology, was a watchman with eyes all over his body. And even if no one else picks up the reference, it's the sort of touch that can prompt an author's inward smile...
Because last year's graduating class was largely responsible for making the Harvard women's soccer team a national threat, its absence on this year's team could prompt speculation about the team's chances for success in the future...
...million deal--an increase of some $12 million from what Harvard already pays Boston--may prompt Cambridge to seek more money by renegotiating its own agreement with the University, according to city officials...