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...late 1996 fiasco in which customers couldn't access the overburdened servers, the company has been rocketing from one success to another. The number of AOL zillionaires has multiplied with each upward ratchet of the stock price, and the atmosphere in Dulles sometimes feels like it's ready to combust. The unnamed Time Warner executive who told the New York Times that merging the cultures would be easy because the AOL people are laid-back "latte drinkers" would do well to re-examine what's in those cups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AOL-Time Warner Merger: Happily Ever After? | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

Sadly, some underclassmen have been known to spontaneously combust upon being exposed to The List...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Why Our Class is Better Than Your Class | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...also anticipate meeting new people at Harvard Club events. Every year, the Harvard Club of Maryland sponsors a winter luncheon for members and current students. In a room full of strangers, conversations spontaneously combust into being. This past December, I sat next to a Business School alum and his wife. We talked about his old job (captaining an oil tanker), his new job (real estate development), his wife's job (sales) and my future job (journalism). We discussed the state of the real estate market in Baltimore; they gave me strategies for apartment-hunting in New York...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Finding Friends Among Strangers | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...homos in Hell will combust...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DARTBOARD | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

...Walt Disney knew, animation is more than sublime trickery; the word means giving life. With a different kind of mouse, Lasseter does just that as his film finds its heat and heart. The plot matures handsomely; the characters neatly converge and combust; the gags pay off with emotional resonance. And at the end, the movie tops itself with comic outtakes, undoubtedly the funniest finale of any cartoon feature. Antz may have amused viewers with its sidewise wit, but as a comprehensive vision of computerized moviemaking, Pixar's dream works. And when A Bug's Life hits its stride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bugs Funny | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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