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Word: stoles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Huling also stole 14 bases and was consistently the squad's most heads-up baserunner...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Repeat for Baseball | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson groomed another strong freshman class in 1999, as shortstop Mark Mager filled in admirably for Dave Forst '98, batting .309 with 42 hits and 28 RBI. Mager stole eight bases and played several positions--including third base, second base and left field--before settling in at short...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Repeat for Baseball | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...foolhardy in letting him go? Yes, on both counts, according to the scathing 909-page Cox report, Congress's account of how the Chinese stole and bought America's most precious nuclear secrets and how the U.S. made it easy for them to do it. Used to be, spies were guys in their intelligence service and ours who lied and duped one another into handing over a nation's secrets with help from the occasional renegade citizen. We each knew the other was an enemy, and we kept our countries and our people at arm's length. Even so, secrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Cold War? | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

While the Cox report harps on spying, what China stole is dwarfed by what it got legally. It's no secret that once Washington threw open the doors 20 years ago, a lot of Chinese exploited this country's freedom to soak up material from unclassified publications, study at the best universities, download technical reports from the Net. Beijing skillfully stitched the tidbits together into the rudiments of a new nuclear arsenal. The high-tech revolution here has moved cutting-edge military information into the civilian mainstream, making a lot of dangerous know-how available to potential enemies. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Cold War? | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...that's why the missile technology China stole from the U.S. is so important: it helps the Chinese advance toward the head of the class in terms of military credibility. A popular phrase in slogan-crazy China captures the idea: yibu daowei, one step and you're there. Instead of taking years to build carriers and subs, the Chinese are keen on constructing a sophisticated missile force that could pack a punch tomorrow. The Pentagon says China is developing sophisticated short-range ballistic missiles and lethal antiship cruise missiles. And though the Chinese have yet to adopt many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Muscle: Birth Of A Superpower | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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