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Word: referents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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While doing thesis research in Chile this March, Ray Jayawardhana, a student in the department of astrophysics and a resident tutor in Quincy House, observed that a dust ring around the star astronomers refer to as HR 4796A was shaped like a disk, which may indicate the presence of planets...

Author: By L. MARIKA Landau-wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Grad Student Finds Proto-Planet | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...chip that we are putting on the card now will form the platform for the ultimate in remote access for consumers to their funds, anytime, anywhere. What we really see happening in the future is consumers being able to design their cards to meet their individual needs. We refer to that as moving more toward life-style cards." E-cash is already everywhere, from highway tolls to subways. Security? Privacy? The second is more troublesome than the first and presents a fearsome scenario for crimebusters and tax collectors alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Bank Theory | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...discussed at the Centre International d'Etudes sur le Linceul de Turin in Paris, the Collegamento pro Sindone in Rome (sindon is the Latin word for shroud), Valencia's Centro Espanol de Sindonologia or with the members of variously titled organizations in England and the U.S., whose members happily refer to themselves as "shroudies." It finds its adherents among everyday Catholics and among the exalted as well: during an in-flight press conference in 1989 on his way to Madagascar, when asked if he believed the shroud to be genuine, John Paul II replied, "I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science And The Shroud | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...only college math competition, while there are many for high school students. We jump at the opportunity to recapture a part of our youth. Perhaps the word "pathetic" is inappropriate, but I was merely putting in a self-degrading quip. This phrase was in no way meant to refer to the persons who fall into the category "anyone interested in math...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Math Quote Misinterpreted | 4/15/1998 | See Source »

...alleged payments to Hale, Reno wants to examine those, but she still hasn't decided how. She could refer the matter to Starr. But that means he would be investigating both his chief witness, Hale, and his own likely future benefactor, Scaife, who is partially funding two Pepperdine University deanships that Starr is supposed to settle into after Whitewater. If Justice handles the investigation, Reno could appear to be trying to undercut Starr's probe of her boss, the President. She may opt instead to ask a federal judge to direct a probe into the crucial question: If Hale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hale Storm Rising | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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