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...nearly a year, my friend Marshall has been taunting me with her oh-so-cool Blackberry messenger. "I can't believe you don't have one of these!" she says way too often, pulling out a beeper-size device and reading her e-mail at lunch. She is such a show-off. She is also a stylish person, and the Blackberry resembles her in that respect (except for her scary pointy shoes). Both of them are elegant, compact and totally wired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackberry Jam | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

Spare a thought for the thousands of FBI and security officials who guard the United States from terrorism. Not only will they spend New Year's Eve stone-cold sober and ready to roll at the chime of a beeper; the next day, and the next and the day after that they'll find themselves on point in a war that's hard to fight, let alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America: A Nation on Full Alert | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...weekend. "If no crimes were committed over the weekend, no juvenile matters, nobody arrested, nobody hurt, no traffic accidents, nobody locked up that I have to go interview, then that's a good morning. We're having a good morning." His loaded Smith & Wesson, his badge and his beeper are all hidden under his brown sports jacket, but he carries the school's ubiquitous power symbol, a walkie-talkie, and it will crackle and sputter plenty before the day is safely started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monday | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...movie, and some sap is winging out of the theater with a pulsing beeper. Go to the beach, and some self-important fool is on a cellular--probably calling the guy in the movie theater. No one under 30 can walk down the street without a stereo strapped to his head. What ever happened to the moment of quiet reflection and the slothful joy of idle thought? Does anyone remember sitting on a porch and watching the world slide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nothing Means Something | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...HUPD reported to a call about a suspicious person outside of Mass. Hall. The suspect was described as a 55-year-old white male with long gray wavy hair wearing a light gray shirt and carrying a beeper. After asking where the financial office was, he attempted to enter the Mass. Hall residence. The man was gone when the two dispatched HUPD units arrived...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

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