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...when.com website, set up a secure ID and password and was ready to start entering appointments. Since the first day of my newly organized life was a Friday, the first order of business was, um, pleasure. I found the movie listings easily enough, but had to drill down several levels for the reviews, and unfortunately there was no way to scan recommended films or buy tickets online. I could see which books were just released and read reviews from a link to barnesandnoble.com but couldn't get a list of upcoming titles. On the other hand, I was able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scheduling Snafu | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

After 19 years on the job, Herb Schrayshuen, 44, an engineer at a public utility in upstate New York, thought he knew the drill: toil away for another 15 or 20 years, then drift off into a cozy retirement on the back of a nice, fat company pension. But last summer his employer threw a wrench into that plan. The utility converted the old-fashioned pension system, in which employees earn the bulk of benefits during their last few years, into a new cash-balance plan, in which they earn at a steadier rate throughout their careers. It sounded simple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Pension Swap | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...while his relatives were all enlisted, Gonzalez is the first to participate in officer training. He serves as both a drill officer and a squad leader, travelling to MIT each week for three hours of class and two hours of physical training with his squad...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan and Alexis B. Offen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: We Asked, They Told | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...while his relatives were all enlisted, Gonzalez is the first to participate in officer training. He serves as both a drill officer and a squad leader, traveling to MIT each week for three hours of class and two hours of physical training with his squad...

Author: By Alexis B. Offen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: We ASKED They TOLD | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Currently students participating in ROTC travel to MIT for classes and drill lab each week...

Author: By Alexis B. Offen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Council Sparks Debate With Proposal to Reconsider ROTC | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

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