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Word: unwantedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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The trouble surfaced in computer centers at two institutions that serve as major network links: M.I.T. and the University of California, Berkeley. Last Wednesday night computers at both centers started furiously generating unwanted electronic files, clogging up their storage systems and slowing operations to a crawl. Almost immediately, similar problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Kid Put Us Out of Action | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Family planners have hailed RU 486 as a safer, less expensive way to end unwanted pregnancies, but right-to-life groups fear that it could make abortions commonplace. Roussel officials say that much of the protest against the pill came from U.S. abortion foes like Dr. John Willke, president of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Face Over An Abortion Pill | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

If one disagrees with specific farming practices, like veal production methods, the proper response is to use persuasion and publicity to convince others to share that position and abstain from the offending product. If enough agree, the market will force a modification of the unwanted behavior. Question 3 chooses the...

Author: By Charles N.W. Keckler, | Title: An `Animal Farm' Referendum | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

Until recently, the form of travel available to Soviet dissidents was one way. Now, though, it looks as if the Soviet Union's most prominent dissenter will be granted a visa for a trip to the U.S. that will not result in unwanted exile. Physicist Andrei Sakharov, winner of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: A Travel Permit For Sakharov | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

A small Israeli company called Mepro is helping millions of women avoid the razor's edge. Mepro manufactures Epilady, a device that employs a rotating coil to grasp unwanted hair and pull it out at the root, leaving skin smooth for weeks. Introduced in 1986, Epilady (price for the basic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTS: A Plucky Little Buzzer | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

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