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...telephone jack that locks with a key to block any incoming or outgoing calls. At $20 a pop, replacing all your outlets with Security Jacks (available at telephonelock.com could be costly--especially if one of your kids needs to call 911 someday. CEO Calvin Flowers calls the Security Jacks "foolproof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Jun. 14, 1999 | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...pretend to have a foolproof solution for getting over this nervousness, since I suffer from it too. But maybe I have more answers than I realize. For instance, when I think about the night that I first met my girlfriend on the dance floor at the Hong Kong, I know that it was only by getting past my own fear and anxiety that I worked up the courage to ask her to dance. Many times before I had chickened out of striking up conversations with attractive women at parties; that night I resolved to put myself on the line...

Author: By Adam R. Kovacevich, | Title: Finding Courage at the Kong | 5/21/1999 | See Source »

...sold especially well, and recent releases of Bach English Suites are also going fast. If he used to be on the short list of pianists, he is now on the short-short list. Last Wednesday the BankBoston Celebrity Series did well to host him at Symphony Hall where his foolproof program of old Austro-German masters brought the house down. Perahia opened with a lesser-known Bach English Suite, the fifth, in E minor, S. 810. The Prelude was full of crisp slides and sounded a lot like the F-sharp Major Prelude from Book One of the Well-Tempered...

Author: By Matt A. Carter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trapped in Classical World: A Boston Weekend | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Some doctors believe everyone should be tested for hemochromatosis. But that could be a problem, since the tests aren't foolproof. At the very least, anyone with a family member who has hemochromatosis should get tested. In addition, if you have arthritis, diabetes or cardiac arrhythmia, your doctor should make sure that the difficulty isn't actually a result of iron overload...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Overdosed on Iron | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...want to develop a system that will befail-safe and foolproof," she said...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Darst, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors Select Reps. For Class Committee | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

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