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...build a trading platform on the Internet to bring together buyers and sellers of industrial fasteners such as nuts, bolts and screws - the very products ABC makes. But the old-line manufacturers balked. In fact, Dicke's father was among Matchbid's foremost opponents, arguing that the Internet could destroy his business by increasing price transparency and driving down margins. Dicke tried everything to woo his father, including giving him a year's free membership in the exchange for his 70th birthday last September. "He couldn't convince his father - this was the message that was in the market," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Divorce, Dotcom Style | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...regime intends to destroy these statues and countless other archeological treasures. Why? Because they are un-Islamic, since they are idols, sculpted in man's image, say the Taliban. "We do not understand why everybody is so worried," declared Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, who issued the decree last Monday to smash all pre-Islamic idols around the country, "All we are breaking are stones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1) No Television
2) No Statues | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...breaking are stones." MULLAH MOHAMMED OMAR, Taliban supreme leader, after issuing an order to destroy all statues, including two giant Buddhas, in Afghanistan, sparking world outrage

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...Only cutting off hands seemed silly b) They looked like Salman Rushdie c) They found them insulting to Muslims d) There's nothing else left to destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Mar. 12, 2001 | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...campers. The kids, however, must write letters the old-fashioned way, with pencil and paper. "One of our goals is to make sure children gain a sense of independence. If they were able to e-mail Mom and Dad to be rescued every time something came up, that would destroy the whole value of camp," says owner-director Linda Courtiss. "Plus, parents would want to micromanage their kids from a distance--and that would be a camp director's nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: E-Gad! It's E-mail! | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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