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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sense, Amazon isn't about technology or even commerce. Any moron can open an online store. The trick is showing millions of customers such a good time that they come back every few days for the next 50 years. Amazon is, like every other site on the Web, a content play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruising Inside Amazon | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...docilely, staring ahead through the tiny silver bars. Though there is a hole just behind them, they sit, cooing--one dove, then two, three, four, five, six, all in a row. When he is done, the magician is applauded. We all love him. The birds in their cage, content and so pretty. How does he do it? He is fantastic. Then the band comes on, and everyone dances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...will apply not only to cars but also to the ubiquitous family of Explorers, Expeditions, Range Rovers and the like. The institution of these new standards, to be required in all 2004 models, will be helped along by the EPA's strict new directive to refiners: Reduce the sulfur content in gasoline by 90 percent. This two-prong approach is critical, because cars using gas with lower sulfur levels produce less pollution - and make automakers' anti-smog adjustments more effective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUVs Set to Get a Kick Up the Tailpipe | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...Witwer Senior Center in Cedar Rapids last Monday, surrounded by health-care professionals, Bradley looked as if his mind were a million miles away. At such times, it doesn't help that he speaks in a whisper and as if emotion would cheapen the content. Add the loping rhythms, and there are times when a listener wonders if he has enough energy for his own passions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bradley's Soft Sell | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...attention but trivializes the potential of a new tool for decreasing the environmental impact of agrochemicals and improving the nutritional value of food. Insect- and herbicide-resistant crops substantially decrease the amount of agrochemicals applied in the environment. Similarly, crops engineered with increased vitamin, iron and balanced amino-acid content can improve the health of millions of people. These are the goals of conscientious scientists who want to make positive contributions to the human condition. DANIEL BUSH, Plant Biologist Urbana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 20, 1999 | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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