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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...point, a Secret Service agent surveying the scene from the stage noticed several windows open on the third floor of Sever Hall...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Security for Mandela Was Tight But Stealthy | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...touch with Christopher Sabec, a music agent who happened to discover teen-rock idols the brothers Hanson. Sabec believes that far from being the music industry's undoing, MP3 will be a boon. The recording industry has always made a profit by giving away product for free," Sabec pointed out, mentioning radio as the obvious example. He said lots of savvy bands are already using the technology to put free music samples online legally. The gambit especially works for folks trying to break into the music biz who are eager to get radio airtime. In fact, a new band that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free Music Online | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

Lucianne Goldberg, the literary agent, provocateur and fairy godmother to the Ken Starr report, has often condemned Bill Clinton for preying on the naive intern Monica Lewinsky. But a younger Lucianne Goldberg--Goldberg the writer--is the author of a work that Lewinsky could easily have used as a guide in her frolicsome thong baring. The 1971 book, co-written with Jeannie Sakol, is a 174-page critique of feminism called Purr, Baby, Purr, in which the authors advise women to "Stop Bitching! Be a Pussycat!" by exulting in their feminine wiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 21, 1998 | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...There will be security in place, but we won't go into specifics," said John Rodriguez, the Secret Service special agent handling advance preparations...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Security Web Surrounds Mandela | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...claiming to be able to purge the Net completely of evil. As a result of the crackdown, says agent Nick, "I'm sure there are a lot of hard drives being reformatted throughout the world." But, he says, "we certainly disrupted a network, and with any luck, we'll be able to pick off a few of them." His warning to parents: "You can't just put a computer in your kids' bedroom, hook it up to the Internet and expect them not to run into trouble. That's like dropping your kids off at the playground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Main Street Monsters | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

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