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Word: spare (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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While working with software-based firewalls--layers of protection that block junk e-mail and attacks on computers from hackers and viruses--Xie noticed that those programs slow down networks. So, like a true Silicon Valley entrepreneur, he retreated to his garage in his spare time and started working on a new approach. He envisioned a remote piece of hardware that screened Internet content and didn't interfere with application software. In 1997 Xie, an engineering graduate from Tsinghua University in Beijing, launched the network-security company NetScreen, which was eventually acquired by Jupiter Networks. That success allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walling Off Computer Viruses | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

...want to make an impact on events around campus and the future of Harvard student life and education, but only have a minute to spare, don’t fear—there’s a simple solution to your dilemma: vote in the Undergraduate Council’s (UC) elections for president and vice president next Monday through Thursday...

Author: By Michael B Love | Title: Voting Is Critical for The College Community | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

...MASS. AVE. $1 Cambridge Savings Bank showcases the cheapest ATMs in the Square. You can give your fresh twenties to the Spare Change guy right outside the doors...

Author: By Rebecca L. Ledford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Activity Activity | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

...from Felipe’s, to Staples, to ABP. It would hardly be surprising to find that most Harvard students think the Cambridge streets are constructed of junk food and cheap stationary. We see the place as more of a warehouse than a community, punctuated by the occasional eccentricity: Spare Change Man (“Sir? Girl. Girl you’re lookin’ lovely this evenin’!”), the speed-chess players, and the phony beggars with their signs (“Family killed by Ninjas; need money for Kung Fu lessons?...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Little Local Trouble | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...admission for most “indie rock” shows. Tight denim, prized thrift shop finds, and purposefully mussed-up hairdos adorned the high school girls and forty-something hipsters alike at last weekend’s Spoon concert at the Avalon in Boston. Known best for their spare sound and danceable backbeats, the foursome from Texas delivered on both counts, mixing most of the songs on their recent “Gimme Fiction” LP, with at least one song from each of their past releases. Luckily for all, Spoon did not fail their ever-so-trendy...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spoon Digs Into Crowd at Avalon | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

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