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Some students complained yesterday that the new system, due to its to-the-minute precision, fines them unfairly for time their books are waiting in book-drops.

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Library Computers Cull Fines | 1/27/1993 | See Source »

Everywhere Thomason turns, there is a camera (the Today show, Good Morning America and C-SPAN are all filming) and a meeting waiting to happen. Someone reports that 34% of this year's Grammy nominees will be performing (gratis, of course, as is everyone) and that Michael Jackson needs a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason: Just a Couple of Hicks With 40 Million Viewers | 1/18/1993 | See Source »

If you can endure the often depressing lyrics, this first album from the Luna trio (made up of former members of the Feelies, Galaxie 500 and the Chills) is a wonderful catch. On tracks like "Crazy People," "Anesthesia," and "Time to Quit," simple 6-note guitar melodies combine with precision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reviews | 12/10/1992 | See Source »

Huth is currently attempting a high precision measurement of the sixth or "top" quark, thought to be the last undiscovered part of the atom.

Author: By Ivan Oransky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Huth Accepts Tenure Offer in Physics Dept. | 10/20/1992 | See Source »

It is possible, however, to date with some precision the beginning of the Age of Discovery, which opened the world to European shipping -- and European imperialism. Around 1419 Portugal's Prince Henry (commonly known as "the Navigator," but wrongly so, since he never took part in any exploratory voyages himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Millennium of Discovery | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

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