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Word: aspects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...strong premise, but they don't need high-priced supporting players; his aura is enough. (Quick, name the second-billed actor of The Terminator, Commando, Predator or Total Recall.) He also has the respect -- maybe even the fear -- of the front-office boys, because he gets involved in every aspect of production and promotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Brawn | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...most controversial aspect of the SimEarth model may be its reliance on the so-called Gaia hypothesis, a theory of evolution that views the earth as a single organism with various feedback mechanisms to maintain conditions suitable for life. In SimEarth this means that as the heat from the sun increases 25%, as it has during the past few billion years, changes will automatically occur in factors like the rate of cloud formation to keep the surface temperature relatively stable. The feedback loops appear most valuable when they are turned off, as they were when I played in the "hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Day I Played God | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

Further, the posters, in their context, attempt to create a parallel between Harvard University and the Palestinian universities and the West Bank. This attempt is perhaps the most ridiculous aspect of all to the posters. Quite simply, this parallel is nonexistent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Posters Were Vicious Propaganda | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...neighbor's daughter showed me a question from a state bar examination she took recently. It called for a 500-word essay having to do with an aspect of interstate commerce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Communication Collapse | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...moment, Pontifell is more concerned with personal and artistic rewards than financial ones. "The financial aspect is encouraging, although the press is still in its early stages," he says. "I am not concentrating on the bottom line. My great hope is to create books that will matter to people, that will encourage respect for the written word and that will be around for a very long time...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Student's First Love Is Fine Art of Publishing | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

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