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...replacement is on its way. If you prefer to stay in the La-Z-Boy, munching on pizza, get your refrigerator to order the groceries. Electrolux and Frigidaire have already developed prototype smart fridges, which, we're promised, will automatically sense when your milk carton feels light or your cheese smells like unlaundered socks and will order more. In the wake of the smart fridge, food-industry experts are dreaming of a smart garbage can--we kid you not--that will read bar codes on stuff you throw away and notify the store--which would also be a major incentive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FutureShop: Web-Free Shopping | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...with China, the most communistic, militaristic and anti-human rights regime on the planet, and not to trade with Cuba, which poses absolutely no threat to our national security? The 37-year trade embargo against Castro's Cuba has not yielded any appreciable results and unequivocally should cease. GENE CARTON St. Louis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 1999 | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...They can't sing. They're professional lip-synchers! No live band, no improvisation. Just pure, 100 percent unconcentrated lip-synching straight out of the carton. No potential for mess-ups, no whines from the crowd that the live versions sound different, no need for talent...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...They cant sing. Theyre professional lip-synchers! No live band, no improvisation. Just pure, 100 percent unconcentrated lip-synching straight out of the carton. No potential for mess-ups, no whines from the crowd that the live versions sound different, no need for talent...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, A POP CULTURE COMPENDIUM | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...College policy prohibits smoking in both common areas and student rooms of all Houses. While it's not entirely convenient for cigar or cigarette smokers to go outside to get their fix, it's particularly difficult for pipe smokers, who must carry more paraphernalia than will fit into a carton of cigarettes. The above-mentioned junior admitted that he smokes infrequently because of the hassle of finding a proper location. St. John says that he "tough[s] it out with the rest" of the smokers outside. Years ago, Leavitt and Pearce used to fill this need, Macdonald says, allowing only...

Author: By B.c. Wilkinson, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Pipes For The People | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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