Word: slot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kids get it right away. Nobody has to explain to a 10-year-old boy what's so great about video games. Just sit him down in front of a Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo machine, shove a cartridge into the slot and he's gone -- body, mind and soul -- into a make-believe world that's better than sleep, better than supper and a heck of a lot better than school...
Under the old rules, which were not publicized to students, the assistant senior tutor for hiring narrowed the pool of applicants for any open tutor slot to a short list of finalists. Students and house officials interviewed those finalists, and the co-masters, Karel and Hetty Liem, made the final decisions...
...details of National League realignment are still up in the air, but if Atlanta were in the new Central Division, all the N.L. division races would already be wrapped up, save for a yawn-inducing battle of mediocrities (Montreal, Houston and St. Louis) for the Miss Congeniality wild-card slot...
Putting Harvard on the late night television map, O'Brien filled Late Night veteran David Letterman's 12:30 a.m. time slot...
...combo. O'Brien's wish list of guests includes Larry Bird, New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Get Smart's Don Adams and biographer Robert Caro. But the star will be Conan, and the sizable shadow will be Dave's. "He did ; something innovative in the 12:30 time slot," O'Brien says. "And I'm inheriting this legacy. So I feel a responsibility both to do a good show and to try some different things. I'd like to be proud of this...