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WILLIS ("GOOD NEWS") GEBHARDT, folklore forecaster Forecast: "Colder than a well-digger's wallet...Snow will be frequently heavy, and winter will come on quicker than a duck on a June bug." Methodology: Woolly bear caterpillars. Analyzing the thickness of the coat and the size of the critter's dark-colored ends, the centenarian made his forecast at the 24th annual Woollybear Festival in Vermilion, Ohio, in October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 2, 1996 | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

...most important, slack jaws. The pure mix of art and technology implicit in the machine's design and the games that run on it help it transcend the category of mere amusement. It sets, our editors found, a whole new standard in electronic entertainment, smashing barriers that the bug-filled Internet and clumsy personal computers have yet to approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 64 BITS OF MAGIC | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

According to Stephen E. Weinberg '99, a member of the council's election commission, the voting program was temporarily shut down to correct a bug that one candidate said may jeopardize voting impartiality in the North Yard district...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Computer Glitch Halts Voting in Council Race | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

Weinberg noted that the bug has one benefit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Computer Glitch Halts Voting in Council Race | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

...Gephardt and Chris Dodd who would deny Gore that chance, "how Al does this time will shape the race for next time--and the same is so with Jack for the other side." Why? "Money, mostly." For at least the next two years every person bitten by the presidential bug will be scrambling for political and financial support. By doing well this year, Kemp and Gore could make that numbing job even tougher for their rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN 2000 | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

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