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...worked with Higher Source for more than six years on several computer projects discussed the imminent coming of the Hale-Bopp comet with them. "They didn't know, but they felt it could be something other than a comet--that maybe it was a spaceship coming to collect them," the acquaintance says. He says he even joked with them about Jonestown once, but got little reaction. This man last heard from the group just a few weeks ago; they wanted help setting up some new domain names on the Internet. "They talked about the future a lot," he says. "That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MARKER WE'VE BEEN...WAITING FOR | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Inside, purposeful people stride down endless hallways, past frosted-glass doors with signs denoting COLLECTION, AUDITING, INFORMATION--and one that reads OFFICE OF ACCURACY AND PERFECTION, ROOM 7513. But within the empire of the largest and most successful tax and enforcement agency in history, there is nothing resembling perfection. Like the old Soviet Union, grand and powerful on the outside but an antiquated shambles within, the IRS has profound problems with outdated technology and outmoded thinking that have undermined its self-described mission: "To collect the proper amount of tax revenue at the least cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AN OVERTAXED IRS | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...while students were consulted in the center's planning stages, no large-scale study ever was conducted to collect student opinion prior to the February survey...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Loker May Offer Fast Food by Next Fall | 4/4/1997 | See Source »

...College is beginning to collect surveys sent to parents of undergraduates in February...

Author: By Kelly M. Yamanouchi, | Title: College Questions 3,000 Parents | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

...only should Holocaust victims or their relatives have the opportunity to retrieve money and possessions [WORLD, Feb. 24], but they should also collect interest from the Swiss banks. And they shouldn't even have to mention the word lawsuit. SIMON HUCK Ottawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 24, 1997 | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

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