Word: sheerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...saved by the sheer marketing muscle of its Japanese manufacturing partner, Matsushita, which aggressively pushed 3DO machines through company-owned stores and sold roughly two boxes in Japan for every one in the U.S. Those sales bought Hawkins enough time to get the second generation of software in place, including some flashy new titles such as Road Rash and FIFA Soccer. He still doesn't have that killer application -- a Mario Bros., say -- that could turn it into a machine game players feel they have to own. But he's got a few months to find one before Sega...
Secondly, The Crimson states that BSA president Kristen M. Clarke '97's "reference to 'indisputable fact' underlying Martin's bigotry is evidence either of her own anti-Semitism or of sheer ignorance." When Clarke made the statement, "Professor Martin is an intelligent, well-versed intellectual who bases his information on indisputable fact," she was answering the question, "Does the BSA have any regrets about bringing Martin to Harvard?" Her answer does not endorse his arguments. It asserts that the BSA does not regret bringing him here because he is a very educated individual who teaches at one of the nation...
...there should be nothing wrong with this picture: as women gain power, they may misuse it and sex, as badly as some men. In fact, sexual harassment won't really be taken seriously until it affects men. But the sheer inequality of attention to this case -- as opposed to the other 91% of cases filed by women that do not happen to involve a sitting President or a U.S. Supreme Court nominee -- can also be seen as one more example of the inequality that made antidiscrimination laws necessary in the first place. All this attention also suggests...
Indeed, Clarke's reference to the "indisputable fact" underlying Martin's bigotry is evidence either of her own anti-Semitism or of sheer ignorance...
Third, the sheer volume of publicly accessible information on the Internet makes it easy for users to suffer from "information overload." Never before has a medium existed with so much data, so immediately obtainable. Most means of accessing the Internet do not moderate the flow of information between computer and user...