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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...millennium came early to Warren, Mich.--in 1995, to be exact. When customers at the Produce Palace, a gourmet grocery store, started using credit cards with expiration dates ending in "00," the computer system went to Y2K hell. Technicians spent hours trying to fix the 11 cash registers, while disgusted shoppers walked out. The owners wanted the system replaced, but even after at least 200 service calls, the firm that sold it balked. The Produce Palace ended up filing what may be the nation's first Y2K lawsuit, which it eventually settled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Y2K Bug Goes to Court | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...trial lawyers, backed by consumer groups and the U.S. Justice Department, retort that the proposed limits on Y2K lawsuits would stack the deck against people who have legitimate claims. According to the proposed rules, a company that makes "reasonable efforts" to fix a defect could get out of paying for the harm it causes--no matter how serious the mistake or the injuries that result. And it would cap punitive damages at as little as $250,000, no matter how culpable the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Y2K Bug Goes to Court | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...those spirited high voices? Heavy syncopation and live-recording-like sounds highlight "Train is Coming," and "Good Ambition" conjures images of great "get out of my dreams, get into my car" '80s classics. However, someone should have gagged these artists before they wrote the daftly-worded "Mr. Fix It." As the band ends with their lasting call, "Legalize it... don't criticize it," they affirm their success at maintaining the energy and life of modern reggae...

Author: By By SARAH D. redmond, | Title: Album Review: Labour of Love III by UB40 | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...those spirited high voices? Heavy syncopation and live-recording-like sounds highlight "Tram is Coming," and "Good Ambition" conjures images of great "get out of my dreams, get into my car" '80s classics. However, someone should have gagged these artists before they wrote the daftly-worded "Mr. Fix It." As the band ends with their lasting call, "Legalize it... don't criticize it," they affirm their success at maintaining the energy and life of modern reggae. Sarah D. Redmond

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UB40 Labour of Love III Virgin | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...come to you with no legislation. We know that legislation is not likely to fix anything by itself," Lewis said. "We hope that departments themselves are scrutinizing their progress...

Author: By Tara L. Colon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elster Dismissed by Full Faculty in Quick Vote | 4/14/1999 | See Source »

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