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...party boat. Just four years ago, I cold-called my way into a job at TIME. But I think corporate life may be making me soft. These days, I can't even drop a letter in a corner mailbox without double checking to make sure it went down the chute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wheeler Dealer | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Democrat or Republican wants to risk a rising career if he figures he, you know, that this is going to go down the chute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics Junkie: Your Move, Gore | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...feeling before I took flight. I said I was just glad to be out of the truck, neglecting to mention the most recent bout of nausea and accompanying thoughts of "What am I doing?!" But as he spread out the parachute and we attached our harnesses, and the chute filled with air and jerked us even higher than our take-off point, thoughts of plummeting to my death were replaced by the pleasant sensation of floating through the sky. The 30-minute flight down to the beach was like viewing the world from the window-seat of a plane, only...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Courage to Fly | 7/7/2000 | See Source »

...three items converge in a chute and then inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Your Mouse To Your House | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...crates arrive at a central point where bar codes are matched with order numbers to determine who gets what. Your three items end up in a 3-ft.-wide chute--one of several thousand--and are placed into a cardboard box with a new bar code that identifies your order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Your Mouse To Your House | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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