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...According to Hawkins, the council's goal is to rewrite the computer voting program and to convert it to a Web-based model...

Author: By Dalia L. Rotstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bugs, Mistakes Delay Council Elections | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

Harvard then took twelve plays and 5:38 to score on a Wilford keeper from one yard out. An eight-yard Wilford scramble kept the drive alive on third-and-6, and Menick had a nine-yard run to convert a fourth-and-one. Another Menick run went for two yards on third-and-two. Two more runs gave the Crimson first-and-goal at the one to set up Wilford's score...

Author: By Andrew P. Chung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football Rally Falls Short | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...reasons why this $40 billion industry might find e-commerce a risky road to take. Online furniture stores face costly returns, deliveries that can't be left to Federal Express and skeptical manufacturers. None of that is news to Andrew Brooks, CEO of Furniture.com Nevertheless, he thinks he can convert customers by making online sofa shopping much better than the showroom variety. Brooks is hoping to win consumers with features such as a program that allows them to click and drag pictures of furniture into a room on the website, to see how it might look at home. "This industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tales From The E-Commerce Front | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...last twenty minutes of regulation were characterized by a wide-open style of play. Both the Crimson and Hawks had breakaway opportunities, but neither of them were able to convert...

Author: By Barat Samy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women's Soccer Fights to 1-1 Tie with No. 13 Hartford | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...cheaper Palm here, which misses the genius of Handspring: the Visor has a proprietary slot in the back--a data port called Springboard--that allows you to plug in an array of different devices. Within the year, you'll be able to buy Springboard modules from other manufacturers that convert the thing into a cell phone, pager, global-positioning device, universal remote, MP3 player and more. It's a radically cool idea; in the marketing parlance of the company, it makes the Visor "infinitely expandable," allowing you to choose the devices you need to add functionality. Buy the cell-phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-in-One Gizmo? | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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