Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There seems to be a consensus in America that legal immigration, at the very least, has a benign effect upon our society. At best, the innovative ideas and new frames of reference which legal immigrants bring with them serve as a virtual blood transfusion for the American political, economic and social systems. Despite the fact that the virtues of legal immigration are widely extolled, immigrants are still denied the right to run for president of their country...
...Globe wrote, "Friends said he had never recovered from the pain of his wife's leaving him, or from his brother's death." Just below, a headline about a local member of the cult read "Mass. native joined cult after sad childhood"; the article painted her life as a virtual trail of tears, beginning with her father leaving the household when she was four...
...VIRTUAL NIGHT OUT WITH THE FAMILY...
...pocketful of quarters won't be of much use at GameWorks, another Steven Spielberg fantasy come true, opening this week in Seattle. The 30,000-sq.-ft. arcade features a state-of-the-art fighter-plane simulator and other virtual-reality diversions, music videos, a Starbucks, a gourmet-pizza joint, a brew pub, and a floor-to-ceiling game that lets you rise 28 ft. in the air as you score hits against a bad guy called...
Many seniors say they became virtual prisoners of their computers, remaining glued to the screen on weekend nights...