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...without interruption. Except, she admits, those she inflicts on herself: "I have a terrible addiction that has destroyed a lot of my writing time. It's called eBay. I buy everything on eBay. I buy wineglasses. I don't want to worry about breaking crystal wineglasses, so I buy them off eBay for a dollar. When they break, who cares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Joys And Sorrows Of Amy Tan | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...Stephen King, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom, who give charity concerts, usually for literacy projects. Tan's trademark song, which she performs in dominatrix gear, is a version of Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walking. This high-stepping, whip-cracking woman worries about breaking crystal wineglasses? "I am," Tan says, conjuring a lifetime of joys and sadnesses, "my mother's daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Joys And Sorrows Of Amy Tan | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...slickest websites, Justflowers.com 1-800-Flowers.com and FTD.com lured me in with crystal-clear photos and great selections. When it came time to think of a clever note, I clicked on a link for suggestions, ranging from "Love is the beauty of the soul" to "If it weren't for women, men would still be wearing last week's socks." In less than 30 minutes per site, I picked my favorite flowers and placed my order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Valentines Online | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...lobby of our hotel, the Al Kabir, is a case in point: The immense crystal chandelier and a blue-tiled fountain are reminders of the more prosperous times, when it was known as the Grand Hotel. But its name was changed in 1970 after the revolution that brought Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi to power, and his image still dominates the lobby, a portrait flanked by stickers bearing the cover of the "Green Book" in which he outlined his ideology. The book itself is displayed in a glass cabinet at reception, on the shelves of the hotel's business center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weird, Wired World of Colonel Ghaddafi | 2/6/2001 | See Source »

...time yet to come. Throughout history seers have claimed to divine the future by the alignments of heavenly bodies, by the casting of bones, by the whorls and lines and patterns of the human palm, by dregs of leaves in the bottom of a teacup, by shadows in a crystal ball and movements on a Ouija board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forecast 2001 | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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