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...short, the new dictionary, all 350 million characters of it, now exists as a data base, an electronic version stored in a massive computer memory. At first glance, this may seem unremarkable; the difference between a lot of ; words on the page and on some terminal screen appears to be chiefly one of weight. But that is not the whole story. Electronic information can be made available to interested readers in a manner not possible through print. The task of devising software that would ferret out new uses for the OED2 was assigned to the University of Waterloo in Ontario...
Just when you thought that spring break could not possibly get any more sophomoric, the Miller Brewing Co. presents Beachin' Times, a 16-page glossy advertisement that advises party dudes how to "scam babes" and turn the traditional Florida fling vacation "into your own personal trout farm." But the Beachin' Times, a color supplement that appeared in 55 campus newspapers in the U.S., has been wiped out by indignant collegians. At the University of Wisconsin, students even threatened to boycott the Milwaukee company's brew, while the Daily Iowan's editorial column slammed Miller for "propaganda that is so blatantly...
Last week a 700-page reconstruction by an investigating magistrate pointed to another culprit: an air-to-air military missile. The evidence, as reported by the Italian press: the fuselage and several bodies recovered from the bottom of the Tyrrhenian Sea showed traces of a chemical used solely in high- powered missiles...
Third, the quotes from the position paper submitted by a pair of candidates for co-president in our organization misrepresented their ideas. Their comprehensive five-page plan, including strategies for strengthening AAA's political voice and ties with other non-Asian minority groups, and adding a program to the Model U.N. Conferences, was summarized as plans for "long nights of Pictionary...
Unfortunately, it was one of The Crimson's highest ranking editors who was in charge of the editorial page that included Hsia's insulting journalistic effort. If this official of The Crimson, a publication so prestigious as to warrant a feature aricle in the New England Monthly, could allow such an article to be printed, exactly how dangerously uninformed are those of a lower rank who oversee the publication of similar articles or editorials dealing with the minority community? Clearly, this is unacceptable...