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...went on to write a book, The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (Addison Wesley; 1993), about his experiences. Like many who write about the future, he persuaded himself that he could make his dream come true. I wish him luck, but prefer to keep lurking. If you need me, I'll be reading the tabloids and talking Tesh at the vodka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MR. RHEINGOLD'S NEIGHBORHOOD | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...need for the U.N. humanitarian and military intervention that has been hurriedly assembled over the past few days. Refugees said some Hutu troops had fired into the air to stop the refugees from leaving, but they were overwhelmed by a wave of people moving toward Goma and the Rwandan frontier beyond. "The Interahamwe are going. They wanted us to go with them," said one Rwandan. "Most of us want to go home." Reports, however, have differed; some arriving refugees said the Zairian rebels had entered the camp as the Hutu militias retreated, while others maintained that the militias were still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exodus in Zaire | 11/15/1996 | See Source »

...bills allowing exploration for oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and lifting a ban on exporting state oil. Federal investment is vital here, but with the government controlling 60% of the state's land, it has bred resentment as well. Washington is a long way from the "Last Frontier," and state politicians would--sort of--like to keep it that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: ALASKA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...these cases, Libertarians interpret the Constitution too strictly and at the expense of American interest. Selling the National Park Service to private developers would be an ecological catastrophe, and eliminating NASA, which explores the last great frontier, would be a shame simply in the knowledge we would lose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Libertarian Platform Merits Consideration | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

...pseudonaif American trickster, like Bugs Bunny with a cigar in his mouth instead of a carrot, wandering through glittering Paris with its haute cuisine and wines he professed not to understand--became Buchwald's signature. In the 10 years when he wrote a column from Paris until the New Frontier attracted him to resettle in Washington, Buchwald made a very funny American Abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: FRANGLAIS SPOKEN HERE | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

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