Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most promising and thrilling moment for this young team came against No. 12 Navy. In front of a hearty crowd at Blodgett Pool, the Crimson pushed the national powerhouse to overtime before eventually falling 12-9. The determining factor was the extra minutes in overtime which took its toll on the Crimson reserves...
After Kasparov's loss, a Wall Street Journal editorial issued a stern warning against viewing technology as a threat ("Sierra Club thinking"). After all, the Journal reminded us, Deep Blue is a product of human genius. So buck up! When you turnpike-toll takers lose your jobs to E-ZPass and other electronic systems, just remember: E-ZPass is a product of human genius. There. Feel better...
...Journal also noted that computers like Deep Blue can invent new drugs by "sorting quickly through hundreds of chemical combinations that once required months of human tedium." Well, as some toll takers might observe, one human's tedium is another human's job. And although automating the tedious does raise average wages over time, it can lower wages for people with obsolete skills...
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Such speculation is controversial, for it suggests that broad swaths of the population may be genetically predisposed to drug abuse. What is not controversial is that the social cost of drug abuse, whatever its cause, is enormous. Cigarettes contribute to the death toll from cancer and heart disease. Alcohol is the leading cause of domestic violence and highway deaths. The needles used to inject heroin and cocaine are spreading aids. Directly or indirectly, addiction to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol is thought to account for a third of all hospital admissions, a quarter of all deaths and a majority of serious...