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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Part of the problem with this explanation is that it takes aim at the wrong sort of boredom and ambition. The results of the poll make the college first-year into an existential reincarnation of the company man. He is committed to working for a good living, but he is bored with life, refusing to study its ins and outs...

Author: By Noah I. Dauber, | Title: Boredom, Ambition at All-Time High | 1/14/1998 | See Source »

...VICE PRESIDENT TAKES AIM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 12, 1998 | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...technology to aid reproduction [SPECIAL REPORT, Dec. 1]. To the parent hoping for a child, these new methods may represent God, as your article so clearly points out. But by utilizing such enhanced methods of fertility, we are going against the very basic principles of evolution. If the aim of evolution is to screen out unfit genes from a population and aid the perpetuation of superior genes, artificially induced fertility may bring with it a multitude of unforeseen repercussions. Regardless of how tempting reproductive therapy is, we won't know the negative side effects of this technology until we come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 29, 1997 | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...planet's PCs have Intel inside; only 85 percent see Windows. Why is it Grove, not Gates, getting the glory? The simple answer is unchecked ambition - Grove was content to cash in his chips; Gates intends to own desktops, cable boxes and the Internet. It's this last aim where Gate has gone too far, according to the boys at Justice. Gates denies it, but the judge isn't convinced - and the world's biggest software company may yet be found in contempt of court. Look for a ding-dong battle come January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Weekend Review | 12/20/1997 | See Source »

America's Promise was created to give these kids a better chance at life. By the end of the year 2000, we aim to provide at least 2 million of them with five basic resources we believe they need to make it in today's America. These are: an ongoing relationship with a caring adult; safe places and structured activities from which to learn and grow during nonschool hours; a healthy start and a healthy future; a marketable skill through effective education; and an opportunity to give back through community service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EVERYBODY'S CHILDREN: GIVING HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE GROW | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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