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This weekend was supposed to be a quiet getaway. But after the McDougals arrived and checked into their hotel for the night, they awoke the next morning to discover that a freak snowstorm had blown in overnight. Jim wanted to stay in, and in no time, Susan noticed, was scanning the real estate ads in the local paper. Suddenly he looked up with a gleam in his eye. "Look at this," he told Susan. "Twelve hundred acres in Marion County for less than $100 an acre." It struck him as an amazingly good deal. "Is there any land in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BLOOD SPORT: A DEAL GONE BAD | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

...mail etiquette." And Paul Martin, chair of the Faculty of Arts Sciences Committee on Information Technology insisted that mass mailings could "bring the system to its knees." The most extreme reaction was a piece of anonymous graffiti scrawled on Simons' message board, which called him an "immoral e-mail freak." We can envision whoever wrote that little epithet wrapping his arms around his computer and whispering "don't worry, it'll be all right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: E-Mail Reminds Us Internet Is Fragile | 3/15/1996 | See Source »

Poor Daniel A. Simon '99. He is simply a spirited a-capella singer who thought he'd volunteer to advertise for last night's Opportunes-Callbacks concert by sending an e-mail message to a lot of people. The next thing he knows, people are scrawling "Immoral E-Mail Freak" on his Canaday door, and the front page of this newspaper describes the ensuing fallout as an "outrage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Outrage On The Internet | 3/9/1996 | See Source »

...unidentified individual scrawled in magic marker on the message board of Simon's Canaday dorm room door, "Immoral E-Mail Freak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mass E-Mail Causes Outrage | 3/7/1996 | See Source »

...closet Republican 'cause I do have conservative blood running through my veins but I just can't get warmed up to any of the Republicans. Social issues, I think the Republicans are just too conservative, and I can't deal with the Christian right, they really just freak me right out.... Pat Buchanan I think is totally frightening. I think Bob Dole is too old. I think he's kind of a neat old guy, like if he was your father or something.... And I don't love Clinton, but I can't not vote.... I really like there...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Portraits From Epsom | 2/24/1996 | See Source »

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