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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...frustrating for those who are the brains behind the concoctions to watch the professors steal all their glory? David J. Tavilla, one of the physicists on Rueckner's team, says no, not at all. His reason is a simple one: stagefright...

Author: By Douglas M. Kaden, | Title: The Man Behind the Scenes At the Science Center | 11/9/1991 | See Source »

...Proportional Representation encourages people to campaign outside a support group and look for second and third place votes," says Shepsle. "[Candidates should] focus not only on one's own supporters but in building alliances; not steal [votes] but get second listings...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Seeking #1: Winning Under Proportional Representation | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...Hampshire Gentlemen began the night with simple, uninspired arrangements of lame songs, and their attempts at humor failed. It is a sad thing when a capella groups have to steal humor sketches from other groups, but the Gents could have at least borrowed humor sketches that were funny. Their lack of humor was only matched by Jonathan Aibel's hideous performance as Master of Ceremonies. He should keep...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Cream of a Capella Society | 10/31/1991 | See Source »

...made its first warheads in 1968. His explanation: Jerusalem thought Arab nations would not launch a concerted war to destroy the Jewish state unless they had Soviet backing; targeting Israeli nukes on the U.S.S.R. would deter Moscow from offering such support. According to the book, Israel asked Pollard to steal satellite pictures in the first place so that it could aim its missiles at targets beyond border areas of the Soviet Union. For that, Jerusalem needed intelligence data -- which Washington refused to share -- on how the U.S. proposed to hit similar targets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Shamir Give Away Secrets? | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

...registering to vote. Then around the time I turned thirty, I made an astonishing discovery: if you set your mind to it, being a grown-up can be even better than being a kid, because you have more money and a car. Grown-ups doen't have to steal tiny bits of plywood from a building site. They can buy entire sheets...

Author: By Sarah E. Silbert, | Title: Wild Adventuring... at Home | 10/24/1991 | See Source »

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