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Word: questionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...detoured or distracted from this ultimate question by [this year's Beanpot] victory. Consider these facts: 1) Harvard has what is probably the finest hockey team in its history; 2) Even this team barely made it into the finals--a first for Harvard since 1981 and only the second time since 1978, despite the fact that over that span Harvard has usually had better teams than any of its opponents and has six times made the NCAA playoffs; 3) In the third period of the Boston College game this year, Harvard entered the period with a 5-2 lead, watched...

Author: By John C. Cort, | Title: Hockey Schedule Hinders Crimson | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

...know," she said, smiling back at the reporter who asked the question...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Of Tyson and Trump | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

...steps in. He wants to answer the question. He knows...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Of Tyson and Trump | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

...moves ahead along the most promising lines of play. How fast would a computer have to be to overtake + Kasparov? Some 100 to 1,000 times faster, says Feng-Hsiung Hsu, the Taiwan- born graduate student who designed Deep Thought's chips. "It's not out of the question, " says Hsu. "But it would take a few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Chess Prodigy $10,000 prize for a rising star | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...dead list," some elements of which are deemed so exceedingly secret that officials dare not even speak their names. If any documents or testimony relating to a subject on the drop-dead list seemed likely to come up, the trial would halt while all parties tried to settle the question behind closed doors. If Gesell ruled that specific information was essential to North's defense, prosecutors would have three options. They could prepare a paraphrased summary, release a censored version of the document with portions blacked out, or simply admit without argument to allegations made by the defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top-Secret Strategy | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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