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Erik Binkowski, whose name is penciled into the nine spot in the order before the scouting report on the opposing pitcher even reaches Joe Walsh's desk...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: The Greene Line | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...Beer in the cafes of Sanlitun, the conversation has shifted from how to control the Net to how to exploit it. "The government is betting that PCs and the Net can help competitiveness," says Thomas Lin, a Beijing-based product manager for Microsoft. "Now they want them on every desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Gets Wired | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Shah takes the call in the living room of his three-story, seven-bedroom manse near Philadelphia, surrounded by those daughters. Photos of them are on every desk, every table, every single available flat surface, a gallery of big bright eyes and little-girl smiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hide And Seek | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Because she is such a calming presence, always a kind word, always a candy bowl on her desk, a cold cloth for the forehead, Betty Currie has been painted through this winter of scandal as a simple, sanctified sister of mercy. But she is also a puzzle, with a resume and reflexes that speak to lessons learned in 40 years of bureaucratic trench warfare. Is she too loyal ever to betray the President? Is she too honest ever to shade the truth? Kenneth Starr and Bill Clinton are each hoping that they know which side she will come down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Currie Riddle | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...pass by a female friend who normally says hello to me. She glances at me briefly, then keeps her head down without acknowledging me. When I ask the female dining checker where I can put the UC collection boxes, two male staff workers at the table near the desk immediately answer for her, pointing out energetically where I can place the boxes. She rolls her eyes and tells me where to go. As I leave, two staff workers stop talking to stare at me. I'm gradually losing the self-consciousness and gaining an extremely vain high...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: the LADY & the TRAMP | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

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