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Word: wrongfully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...universe is fundamentally made up not of matter and energy, as commonly supposed, but of information, assembled into different forms by what he calls "programming rules." Basically, Ed Fredkin thinks the universe is a computer. He has evidence, and no one, so far, has been able to prove him wrong...

Author: By Charles N.W. Keckler, | Title: In the Country of the Blind... | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

...original purpose of the bill was to remedy mistakes--such as to fix typographical errors that resulted in the wrong section of the tax code being cited in some cases--and to make sure the law came out as Congress intended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate OKs Taxpayer's Bill of Rights | 10/12/1988 | See Source »

Harvard had 11 shots on goal for the game but could not find a hole. It was a "situation where we played better than the results," said Crimson Coach Tim Wheaton. "At least it wasn't a tie. Unfortunately, [though], it went the wrong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Era of Ties is at End: Red Beats W. Booters | 10/11/1988 | See Source »

...Bank and Gaza, and some members even boast they could crush the intifadeh in weeks. Labor leader Shimon Peres has endorsed proposals for negotiations that would return some territory to Arab rule, which many interpret as signifying an inability to quell the rebellion. Rabin seems determined to prove them wrong. Said Shamir media adviser Avi Pazner: "If you take the last nine months, it's certainly helped Labor to have a tough Defense Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Plastic, but Deadly Palestinian casualties surge | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

There are many space programs, grand dreams, that could reconnect us with our cosmic selves, give shape to NASA's activities and stop the space agency from making $10 billion wrong turns. They are ideas that were filed in the round basket in NASA's rush to re-ignite the shuttle's engines: a manned expedition to Mars, a moon base, a reinvigorated program of unmanned solar system exploration, or even the so-called Mission to Earth, which would strive to understand our own planet before we ruin it for good. Like ambivalent lovers, NASA and the American people have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Stardust Memories | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

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