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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unsolved mysteries." The creation of the universe is attributed to the Big Bang, but where did the superdense mass that existed before the bang come from? Also, it has taken thousands of years for modern man to develop the computer. What took so long? Is today's high-tech engineer of a higher mental capacity than Aristotle, who, as you say, couldn't have conceived of the Hubble Space Telescope? Why? Perhaps we are governed by some extracelestial bodies that have a different time concept. Maybe for them 1,000 Earth years make up only one year or even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 14, 1996 | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

Harvard Law School has leapt into high-tech learning this year in a joint venture with Lexis-Nexis, a major legal database company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Program Adds New Technology | 10/12/1996 | See Source »

...idea that a high-tech house hold will be a happy one does not appeal to our generation as it once did to our parents' generation. People have found that it is easier for technology to help us escape the earth and tour the moon than to mend the planet's ills. In fact, many now harbor a level of resentment toward progress, which is sometimes viewed as an instrument to undermine the stability of society. We recognize the importance of having strong community goals underlying our technological advances. Indeed, both technology and community are required to move forward without...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New 'Happiest Place on Earth' | 10/11/1996 | See Source »

These high-tech phones are monitored by a computer system that automatically checks their operation and sensitivity every hour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYING IT SAFER | 10/11/1996 | See Source »

...guarantee follows BBN Planet's recent completion of a new Internet "backbone," a high-tech tool designed to ensure the availability of network service 99.9 percent of the time, said Vaughn Harring, public relations manager for BBN Planet...

Author: By William P. Moynahan, | Title: 'Net Service Guaranteed | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

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