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Long dismissed as just for rural folk, satellite dishes are now the entertainment system of choice for real couch potatoes. DirecTV has led the anti-cable charge, beaming crisp, digital pictures from 150 movie and sports channels to pizza-size discs (available from RCA and Sony) below. ($200 to $400 [dish] and $15 to $65 monthly [programming]; DirecTV...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GADGETS | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...special, of course. As a tiny transparent worm measuring a millimeter from tip to tail, you would be nearly invisible to the naked eye. Nor would it be the way you spent your time. Moving little and eating less, you would pass all your days inside a Petri dish, resting atop a bed of nutrient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAN WE STAY YOUNG? | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

Clinton thought for a moment. He couldn't narrow it down. "Burritos, deep-dish pizza, chicken sandwiches," he said finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASTERS OF THE MESSAGE | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

Last week three students in Mather House were caught trying to install a satellite dish on the roof of the house. They weren't arrested, but disciplinary action of some sort is almost certain. Normally, we'd leave these heinous felons to the fate they so richly deserve, but given the arbitrary and harsh nature of College justice, we thought we'd write a plea on their behalf...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: PLEASE DON'T CANE THEM | 11/16/1996 | See Source »

...consumer group warns that restaurants serve far larger portions--with more FAT AND CALORIES--than what the government considers normal serving size. A portion of French fries should weigh 3 oz., containing 220 calories, yet most establishments dish out helpings twice that size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 11, 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

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