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Marshall shied away from a public role, rarely talking to the campus media or directly with students.

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Marshall Picked for State's High Court | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Right-wing Republicans like California Rep. Bob Dornan have never shied from describing the Clinton White House as a den full of drug-using "hippies," and now they have more ammunition. House investigator probing "Filegate" on Wednesday released documents in which a former security official claims that some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Didn't Inhale | 7/17/1996 | See Source »

Maybe. The fact is, Harvard has shied away in the second half of its last three games (Penn, Yale and a 14-6 loss to Loyola), either blowing a lead or letting another team expand its advantage. If Harvard had played as well in the second as it did in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letting Go Of the Past | 4/11/1996 | See Source »

Though Turing generally shied away from such metaphysical questions, his 1950 paper did touch briefly on this issue. Some people, he noted, might complain that to create true thinking machines would be to create souls, and thus exercise powers reserved for God. Turing disagreed. "In attempting to construct such machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAN MACHINES THINK? | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

In the aftermath of Forbes' weak finish in the New York primary, he is in danger of becoming the flat-tax Don Quixote. Realistically, what Forbes seems to be seeking is no longer the nomination but vindication. What keeps Forbes spending is an almost mystical attachment to the flat tax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: BLOODIED BUT UNCOWED | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

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