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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though he made no explicit reference to Gore, Bradley clearly tried to set himself apart from his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination and also one of the principal architects of the Clinton administration's foreign policies...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: At Tufts, Bradley Criticiques Gore on Russia | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

Despite Averell's plea, the state has not dropped the charges against him and has set a pretrial hearing date...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Averell Fights the Man | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

Brutus.1, a system developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was designed to write short stories on the subject of betrayal--hence the treacherous name. To teach the innocent computer its sinful ways, the computer scientists who designed it set about "mathematizing the concept of betrayal through a series of algorithms and data structures." Most people might assume that betrayal is not easily mathematized, a subject for human emotion and not for symbol manipulators, but the computer seems to have picked up the vice rather well. (A Rensselaer press release states that the programmers also taught Brutus.1 something of deception, evil...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Creativity, Bit by Bit | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...will states afford this magnanimity? Easily, says Clinton: They will take advantage of the booming economy and bulging payroll tax coffers to shift funding to the parental leave program from money set aside for temporary unemployment benefits. If the money comes through and states resist the urge to balk at Clinton's decree, this proposal has a lot going for it. "This is great news for anyone who's part of a family or plans to start one," says TIME contributor Amy Dickinson. "A lot of very important emotional work between a child and its parents takes place very early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Those Endless Board Meetings. Gear Up For 2 A.M. Feedings | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...this $2.9 trillion, $1.9 trillion is set aside for Social Security, leaving $1 trillion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Check It Out! | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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