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...wife over to the view that frizzball was a serious competitive sport. In the more than 30 years since its invention--at a summer house, on a day when it was too cloudy to go to the beach--her kindest description of frizzball has been, "It was the dumbest thing I've ever seen...
...edge of buying one of these mini-computers when it suddenly hit me that I did not have S1,000! Furthermore, a friend convinced me that WinCE machines were the dumbest things I could consider. They cost two to three times as much as the PalmPilot, and while my PalmPilot has been running on the same two AAA batteries for three weeks, I could not find a WinCE machine that would last three days...
...revolution that has been remaking corporate America is coming home. This holiday season promises a collection of wired gadgets that add information-age efficiency to the most mundane domestic tasks. What's triggered the revolution? A generation of microprocessors small and brainy enough to bring PC power to the dumbest of appliances. Everything from computerized breadmakers to automated lawn mowers suggests that good housekeeping now requires at least two AA batteries (or a very long cord). Result: a simpler, smarter 21st century home. On the following pages, you'll find a TIME survey of the essential accoutrements for this Jetsons...
...love TV," says Bonnie Delmar. "I grew up watching anything I wanted to. It opened up the world for me. I learned so much about other cultures. It is a wonderful teacher. I feel there is something to learn in even the dumbest shows." (Goodness knows, there are certainly enough of those.) The only shows she doesn't want her children to watch are the horror shows. Otherwise, says Delmar, "I'm trusting my kids to make the right choice. I'm hoping this philosophy works." So far, it seems to. Ashley, who's partial to Doug on Nickelodeon...
...also have been the dumbest. Most of the mink were babies--many of them unweaned and unable to live for long without their mother. The rest were typically ornery, aggressive adult mink that had been raised in captivity and didn't know enough to scatter into the hills. Instead, they fought and killed one another. By the end of last week, according to Arritola, some 2,000 of the infants had perished and at least 400 of his 1,600 adult females were missing or dead...