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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...medieval-history major at Stanford, Fiorina holds an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland and an M.S. from M.I.T. She once worked as a secretary at HP before joining AT&T in its Washington office, where she sold phone systems to the government. Her career trajectory has been steepening ever since, to the point where her husband, Frank Fiorina, 49, took early retirement from his job as a director of government sales at AT&T to become a full-time househusband. He knew early on, he says, that she was destined to become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Glass Ceiling? | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...eager authors the possibilities of POD seem too good to be true, but what will this transformation mean for readers? Faced with an ever lengthening list of titles, many of dubious merit, readers may have to turn themselves into literary search engines. On the bright side, personal favorites that are noncommercial will never be more than a mouse click away. It's a confusing, if heartening, prospect. And while some industry experts predict that someday all books will be published this way, that day is probably years off. For now, the Howard Olsens of this world will be hunkered down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 60-Second Book | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...compete with. In a pointed scene, the four watch a video in which a woman climaxes two seconds into a sex scene. "No wonder men are so lost," Miranda says. "They have no idea there's more work involved." City is a fantasy, yes--few viewers will ever access its designer-clad uptown monde--but it's as real as TV sex has ever been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sex on TV is... ...Not Sexy! | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...more wishing: last week UPS, which is based in Atlanta, said it will soon sell the public a 10% stake in what could be the biggest initial public offering ever ($4 billion or so) and the hottest in recent memory. CEO James Kelly says it's all about flexibility. Publicly traded shares will give him a currency to make acquisitions and compete better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Delivery | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...appalled at kids' sports. The only reason youngsters play is to win, not for the pleasure of just playing. What ever happened to "for love of the game"? Parents should be ashamed of themselves! Kids, get a grip! The world doesn't revolve around sports or around you. Parents, please. It's just a game. JESSICA POLLEDRI, 14 Verona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 2, 1999 | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

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