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Betty Polston and her husband Bernie were finishing dinner at their kitchen table one night in 1990 when Bernie announced that after 30 years, he was retiring from his law practice. Betty's reaction was physical: her throat tightened and her stomach churned. "I knew that financially we'd be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Half-Retired | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

But many of the new proposals to rein in cybersquatting would make it too easy for trademark holders to go after regular folks who register any of the countless words or names many companies have dibs on. That's what happened to David Sams, a Los Angeles man who registered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Your Name Isn't Yours | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Who has not dreamed of riding a horse through high country, driving thousands of head of cattle, eating from the chuck wagon, sleeping under a starry sky and, yes, wearing those terrific clothes--chaps, and boots with spurs--every day? Sure, quitting your day job and becoming a full-time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Fulfill a Fantasy | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

Spike and Mike began experimenting with short animation in the '50s and '60s when they hosted small concerts and midnight rock and roll events that opened with animated shorts such as Betty Boop and Superman. Soon they realized that people were more interested in the cartoons than in the actual...

Author: By Dunia Dickey and Jennifer Paniza, S | Title: Cinemanic: More Sick, More Twisted | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

A kids' novel about a plucky orphan who is not Harry Potter? What awful timing! Happily, though, Curtis (a Newbery Medal honoree) has conjured a hero just as mesmerizing but grittier. Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell ditches his foster home in Depression-era Flint, Mich., and heads for the jazz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children's Book: Bud, Not Buddy | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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