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Shortly after Ronald Reagan cleared up the confusion about his skin cancer last week, several reporters laced into White House Spokesman Larry Speakes for being less than candid the week before, when he declined to say whether a biopsy had been performed. "You pulled an iron curtain down on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No-Win Situation | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Until last year, Keillor wrote almost the entire show, parody songs, phony commercials and all. Now Writer Howard Mohr pitches in on the Raw Bits and the Minnesota Language Systems ads, which peddle cassettes that teach visitors to answer "You bet" for approval, and "That's different" for confusion or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lonesome Whistle Blowing | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Programs called "worms" are capable of altering a system's fundamental operations or shutting it down entirely. They delete specific portions of a computer's memory, thus creating a hole of missing information. Another type of software demon, called a "virus," instructs the host machine to summon its stored files...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: A Threat from Malicious Software | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

The answers were far from clear. In the confusion that followed the TV announcement, a U.S. official in Washington remarked that Marcos' decision had "taken everybody by surprise: us, the [Philippine] opposition, even his own inner circle."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: I'm Ready, I'm Ready | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

That was about the only praise the Philippine President heard in a week filled with recriminations, question marks and political maneuvering. Since Marcos announced a snap presidential election on Nov. 3, at least partly in response to U.S. pressure for a restoration of democracy after 13 years of authoritarian rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Recriminations and Questions | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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