Word: breakers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Florence by Glenn Andres, John M. Hunisak and A. Richard Turner (Abbeville; $385). The cradle of the Renaissance in glorious color and reverential grandeur -- and at more than 25 lbs. the lap breaker of the season. There are no crowds of tourists to block the view and no shadowy churches to obscure...
...loss of NCAA record breaker David Berkoff is a major loss that will be difficult for the Crimson to overcome. While Bernal is optimistic about the team's chances, certain others...
...safeguard, the company decided to lay down a dare. The California firm, which provides equipment to protect mainframes against interlopers, challenged U.S. computer hackers to crack its code during a weeklong contest. In messages sent to electronic bulletin boards frequently used by hackers, LeeMah promised that any successful code breaker would win a trip for two to St. Moritz or Tahiti. More than 7,000 phone calls came into LeeMah from dozens of hackers trying to beat the system, but none were able to retrieve the hidden message in the computer. The odds against them, estimated LeeMah: 720 quadrillion...
...buffs are speculating it might approach the violence reached by the 1957-58 maximum, which touched off five disruptive geomagnetic superstorms and vivid auroral displays. Says astronomer Donald Neidig at the National Solar Observatory outpost on Sacramento Peak, near Sunspot, N. Mex.: "We can't rule out a record breaker...
...political dialogue. "End the economic boycott. Stop the challenges to Israel's standing in international organizations," Baker implored. "Repudiate the odious line that Zionism is racism." Calling for serious political dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, Baker asked both sides to consider every idea as "a dealmaker, not a deal breaker...