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Word: siting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mary made what may have been her greatest find. Her team was re-exploring a site in Tanzania called Laetoli--40 years after Louis had incorrectly assumed that the absence of tools there implied that hominid fossils would not be found--when they discovered a trail of remarkably clear ancient hominid footprints impressed and preserved in volcanic ash. It was a stunning glimpse of the world 3.6 million years ago. If only Louis had lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthropologists: THE LEAKEY FAMILY | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...enquire" about nearly anything online these days, from used Harley Davidsons for sale in Sydney, Australia ("Enquire about touring bikes. Click here!"), to computer-training-by-e-mail courses in India ("Where excellence is not an act but a habit"). Click once to go to a site in Nairobi and enquire about booking shuttle reservations there. Click again, and zip off to Singapore, to a company that specializes in "pet moving." Enquire about buying industrial-age nuts and bolts from "the Bolt Boys" in South Africa, or teddy bears in upstate New York. Exotic cigar labels! Tantric sex guides! Four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Network Designer Tim Berners-Lee | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...peer-led review program seemed like a natural idea," Chan wrote in an e-mail message. "The best educational resources are not found at some commercial site but lie right here on campus...

Author: By Kyle D. Hawkins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cutting Down Costs: SCOPE Offers $20 MCAT Prep Class | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...TOURISTY SITE: Located on the mountain, St. Joseph's Oratory is reached by a long set of stairs which devotees climb up on hands and knees. Inside are a priest's heart and a room full of crutches that belonged to people who no longer needed them after being blessed and cured at the Oratory. A night visit de-touristifies the experience; the grounds can be entered through the back Westmount entrance, which leads to verandas that reveal dazzling views of the city...

Author: By Judith Batalion, | Title: montreal | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...TOURISTY SITE, SHOPPING, PEOPLE WATCHING: Worth Avenue's people-watching and window-shopping distract from a nasty hangover. Palm Beach's commercial center of Worth Avenue is lined with shops selling everything from six-figure evening gowns to golf carts equipped with champagne chillers. Don't be offended by the icy reception you receive from the salespeople. It's not you--they treat everyone this...

Author: By Joseph I. Liebman, | Title: palm beach | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

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