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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When you're throwing a party and e-mailing the invitation, is it best to cc: the list or bcc [blind carbon copy]: it? Do you want people to know who is invited to the party--so that they don't invite someone who you don't want there--or is it best to keep the list secret, so there are no hurt feelings...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: ASK APARNA | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...this is the kind of atmosphere you desire, you definitely need to blind carbon copy the invitation. First of all, it's really annoying to have to scroll down through eight screens worth of names. Second, blatantly cc-ing e-mail to me says, "Look at how many friends I have. I'm so popular." Annoying again...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: ASK APARNA | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...elite. Once that group grows accustomed to choosing the President in place of the voting majority, the average citizen will have a hard time regaining power. Rather than focusing on impeaching Clinton, voters should spend their time finding and promoting the right candidates for President. LEE A. PRESSER Glen Carbon...

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

...mysteries are far from solved--and some troubling facts have emerged. Among them: the hastily rented black Mercedes S-280 may have had serious mechanical failures; and driver Paul's blood, apart from a high alcohol content, showed an abnormally high--and yet unexplained--level of carbon monoxide. A summary of TIME's findings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery In The Details | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

...DRIVER Postmortem tests showed that Paul was legally drunk and under the influence of two prescription drugs on the night of the accident. Less known is the fact that Paul's blood contained an abnormally high level of carbon monoxide (CO): 20.7%, enough to provoke somnolence, severe dizziness or even put some people in a coma. "I don't see how he could walk in that state, much less take the wheel," says the head of the antipoison center at a major Paris hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery In The Details | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

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