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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...people don't call for information anymore, says Bruce Stewart, KGB's CEO of mobile and digital. They text. "When you want to know something, you text your friend or someone who might know. We are looking to be that someone." After launching a successful texting service in the U.K., KGB decided to bring it to the U.S. The beta test launched last fall, and already the company has thousands of "agents" ready to provide you with anything from movie times and train schedules to the type of pen Bob Dole holds in his hand. (Answer: sometimes it's felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Answers for 50 Cents: Testing the New KGB | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

When I told a friend, a former section leader in a large Harvard College course, that I had been offered a chance to do an op-ed for The Harvard Crimson on Gaza, she identified two fairly common, understandable undergraduate attitudes: “The situation is too complicated and I can’t make up my mind about it;” and “This is controversial and there are differences of opinion. No side is ‘right...

Author: By Duncan Kennedy | Title: A Context for Gaza | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

Feathered Friend. If you like birds, especially the patriotic kind, the Tidewater Inn Bed & Breakfast on Connecticut's coast, just 2 hours from New York, has a President's Day weekend with an Eagle Viewing Boat Trip. The day starts with an early morning Valentine's Day breakfast, then off to the 54-foot boat to see the New England's largest winter population of bald Eagles. Warm up upon your return with afternoon tea, and get a $25 gift certificate to the nearby Audubon shop. Rates start at $315, available through March 7. 949 Boston Post Rd, Madison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet Treats and Other Presidents' Weekend Getaways | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

Mend Your Heart. And for those of you nursing a broken heart, the "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, But I'll Get Over Him" at the Avenue Inn B & B gives you three nights' accommodation for you and a friend, along with two pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a voo-doo doll and a copy of He's Just Not that Into You, so you can avoid tragic mistakes in the future. Get back on the horse with a New Orleans Cocktail Tour, and recover the next day with a massage at a local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet Treats and Other Presidents' Weekend Getaways | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

...plunge back into the dating pool, and you're an avid skier, try Whitney's Inn in Jackson, NH. They're playing cupid with Black Mountain's annual Chairlift Speed Dating event. You get a ticket to the event, and dinner at the Shovel Handle Pub with your new friend and breakfast the next morning. $449 for two nights.357 Black Mountain Rd, Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet Treats and Other Presidents' Weekend Getaways | 1/31/2009 | See Source »

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