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...Riding the swell of last month's dual-meet victory over defending...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Baxter and Timothy M. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: M., W. Swimming Excel at UVA | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...even if the task force is able to swell the numbers of female scholars--as many believe that it will--some faculty members say they believe the obstacles facing female scientists go much deeper than mere numbers...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Robin M. Wasserman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Women in the Sciences | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...destiny of wild places in the coming century can be read in the numbers. The 6 billion people living on the planet are projected to swell to 9 billion by 2050. The pressure to exploit the world's remaining wilderness for natural resources, food and human habitation will become overwhelming. But bulldozers and chain saws aren't the only threats. A new menace has emerged from the least likely quarter; in many cases, the very people who care most passionately about empty places are hastening their demise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will There Be Any Wilderness Left? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...Swell. Folks are always more open to suggestions when they're yelled...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Harvard, Overheard | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...tone. (The Merlin is "hot swappable," which means you don't have to reboot your machine to use it.) If I were always on the road, traveling among big cities, it would be terrific never again to have to reconfigure my laptop's dial-up connections. It's also swell to be able to sit in a boring meeting and check e-mail or browse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting the Cord | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

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