Word: three
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Leisure? How antediluvian! But what do you expect from a couple of three-mealers...
Wilford spent his first three seasons riding the pine while classmate Rich Linden filled the starter's role. But when Linden struggled in the 1998 campaign and in this past off-season, Wilford stepped up to challenge Linden's grip...
...Without a doubt it's made me feel a big sense of accomplishment to be able to go from a career backup to go [to being the starter]. As an individual you always want to play. For me to be able to beat out a three-year starter who is almost the all-time career passing leader--someone as good and accomplished as Rich is--for me to be able to beat him out means a lot to me that I stuck it out and finally accomplished what it was I was trying to do for four years...
...Danes who are visiting the U.S. to drum up business for what they called the world's smallest web server. They don't have a booth, but the company's founder pulled a half-sized business card from his pocket to show me an actual-size photo of a three-chip board that -- they hope -- will put humble devices from security cameras to battery back-up systems to toasters on the Internet...
...trial became a case study of sorts. Under the microscope: A three-year-old Michigan law, the most stringent of its kind, which permits prosecutors, with a judge's permission, to try children as adults. "The theory behind this law," says TIME Detroit bureau chief Nichole Christian, "is that because more and more children nationwide are committing crimes that we generally think of as 'adult crimes,' these kids should be tried as adults." And despite widespread discomfort with attributing adult motivations to children, the laws are popular in many states. Opponents of the measures, ranging from Amnesty International to Abraham...