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...Phone Solicitors: 50 Ways to Get Even!" by Robert Harris. The author offers such techniques as: The Telephone Ruse: Pretend to transfer your tormentor and then press several buttons on your phone The Verbatim Variation: Repeat everything the caller says in a sing-song voice The Drop-the-Phone Drill: Self-explanatory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl: Moon Unit Zappa Edition | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Bush was satisfying his Republican shock troops in the West, and antagonizing greens, with this week's House approval of his plan to drill for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. So there was little cost in offering a nod to environmentalists in the East, and what more conspicuous a target than Welch, who had enjoyed the Administration's largesse this summer and will soon retire anyway. "It's something you can give Pataki at the same time you're standing up to one of the largest companies in the world [and] striking a blow for the environment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes The Dredge | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...wires? True, five sets now ran from the thin DVD receiver to speakers flanking the TV, then cascaded across the floor to other speakers behind the couch and to the big subwoofer that sat like a hound in the center of the floor. I made a suggestion. "Drill holes in the bookcases?" repeated my wife. Then she said it again, emphasizing different words. Then she left the room, chuckling in a way that scared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now That's Home Entertainment | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

COVER INTERACTIVE --Parents: Are You a Pushover or a Drill Sergeant? Take our online self-test and find out. Plus, more photos, tips and resources on how to keep your kids in line. time.com/kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME.com This Week: JULY 30-AUGUST 6 | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...name after merging with Exxon in 1999) of ignoring this evidence, including reports that soldiers were using the corporation's earthmoving equipment to bury their victims in mass graves. At least one of those graves was thought to be on Pertamina land, less than three miles from an ExxonMobil drill site. At the time, the company pleaded ignorance, saying if substantiated claims of abuse were brought to its attention, it "would aggressively respond to and denounce such actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Knew? | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

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