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Word: tooled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...private companies will use the science council as a virtual R. and D. lab, allowing them to reap the benefits of millions of dollars of federal science money without having to contribute a dime. Others fear that the science bureaucracy will get bigger, not smaller, making it a tempting tool for pork- minded politicians. Paul Romer, an economist from the University of California, Berkeley, questions how effective the NSTC will be at dismantling wasteful or irrelevant programs. "It will make virtually no difference," he predicts. "That spending is there because somebody who is politically powerful wants it there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Tread on My Lab | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

Since arriving at U.S.C., Anderson has assumed the post of director of GTI's scientific advisory board. While he still draws no GTI salary, he is eligible for stock options -- which could soon be valuable. GTI is spending $5.5 ; million to tool up for the production of therapeutic retroviruses to treat victims of brain cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battler for Gene Therapy | 1/17/1994 | See Source »

...Petras, project manager for Boston Edison, said he saw the movie as a an educational tool. "Our company feels that education is the key to stop the spread of the disease," he said. "As such, I am quite a willing supporter of events such as this...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Hsu, | Title: 'Philadelphia' Benefit Nets $50K | 1/12/1994 | See Source »

Microsoft Word has become the most popular word processor for the Macintosh and for PCs running Windows by being both a good writing tool and a user-friendly program...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: MS Word 6.0 | 12/14/1993 | See Source »

...economy, but it took a shift in consumers' spending habits to make that potential real. "There's not such a drab picture of the future," says Beth Gaynor, a Milwaukee homemaker and mother of three. Though her husband held onto his job as a management- development consultant for a tool manufacturer throughout the recession, she says, for a long time they were "careful" with their money. No more: they have just finished remodeling their basement and now plan to equip it with a new refrigerator, couch and stereo. Tim Sheehy, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, comments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Boom? | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

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