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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"They make this out to be a stressful experience", says Lee. "But they blow it up, hype it up, way out of proportion and that's what causes a lot of the stress".

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Randomization Creates Larger Blocking Groups | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

On the other hand, Paul's revelations didn't reveal anything probability couldn't: I'll have two children, one smart; my career will be intellectual-ish; and my libido is on an accelerating upswing. Nothing I couldn't have told you. But Paul's foresight wasn't entirely banal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Allure of Palmistry | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

What really scares people jumping to lay blame on this first-year is the precedent he may set. If everyone thought they'd send messages to their 6,000 closest friends at once, the system would surely collapse. The framing of this nonevent as an "outrage" is meant to deter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outrage On The Internet | 3/9/1996 | See Source »

In addition, Knowles wrote that "in the past four years, 26 percent of all new tenured appointments have been of women, and this proportion exceeds all the estimates of 'availability' in the pool of candidates for such positions."

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: FAS Budget Controlled, But Shaky | 2/13/1996 | See Source »

A faithful picture of this different life is presented in the latest movie by the controversial Chinese director Zhang Yimou, To Live. It portrays a peasant who lives through the Sino-Japanese war, the civil war, the Cultural Revolutions and social reforms of the late 1970's. Time changes, but...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: In China, Freedom Is a Luxury | 2/13/1996 | See Source »

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