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Word: wising (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time Bush and his small Texas operation have assembled a cadre of top-flight policy advisers, locked in major donors from around the country and stirred up so much giddy anticipation among G.O.P. activists that there is already wild talk about Bush's invincibility. Scores of fund raisers, party wise men and elected officials have made the trek to Austin in recent months, and most seem to have come away with the same feeling as Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating. "I have met the victor," Keating says of Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W. Bush: Lone Star Rising | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Sterile and deafeningly quiet, the Science Center terminal rooms offer everything from ancient Macs that still require a paper clip to extract your floppy disk, to the Digital Alpha workstations with their gargantuan monitors. A word to the wise: don't check your e-mail on these mothers the night before CS51 assignments are due. Office isn't installed on those bad boys anyway. Stroll on over to the back of the lab, and try to find a computer that isn't either occupied or "logging out." If you're lucky, you might get to actually enter your username...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: COMPUTER ALTERNATIVES | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...Sterile and deafeningly quiet, the Science Center terminal rooms offer everything from ancient Macs that still require a paper clip to extract your floppy disk, to the Digital Alpha workstations with their gargantuan monitors. A word to the wise: don't check your e-mail on these mothers the night before CS51 assignments are due. Office isn't installed on those bad boys anyway. Stroll on over to the back of the lab, and try to find a computer that isn't either occupied or "logging out." If you're lucky, you might get to actually enter your username...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: Groovy Train: Computer Alternatives | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

Note that certain classes require advance registration and are always liable to change, so calling ahead is wise. Partners are optional...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YOU CAN DANCE. | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

...about what they seek. The collection shows a very human side to this quest for enlightenment and tells the story of the actual morals who contemplate and search for divine truth. A simple, modest sketch of a man bowing in prayer provides a solemn contrast to elaborate paintings of wise teachers in rich robes. Sometimes there is no need for ornamentation. One particularly striking work is a black and white photograph of three ascetics, men who practice strict self-denial as a part of their spiritual discipline. Their sheet-garments are stark white, and their ribs make it painfully obvious...

Author: By Patty Li, | Title: Meditating the Sackler | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

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