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...living is easy. You glide forward on a magic carpet woven out of detailed data and statistical analyses. But should anyone seize access to your electronic life story, "invasion of privacy" will take on a whole new meaning. The thief will have stolen not only your past and present but also a reliable guide to your future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Have Any Privacy Left? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...Russians' juggernaut offensive, inflicting politically humiliating attacks on Russia's superior forces and politically damaging body counts. Even if Russia has regained control of the battlefield, the guerrillas have melted away to plot new surprises. Acting President Vladimir Putin's confident prediction of imminent victory--and his triumphal glide to the presidency in March--is slipping toward the Chechen quagmire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stuck In Chechnya | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

...Crimson is in a three-way tie for fifth place with UNH and St. Lawrence. The Wildcats should glide to two wins at Niagara this weekend, but winning won't be as easy for the Crimson and the Saints. Harvard hosts Yale and Princeton, while St. Lawrence (9-2-0, 4-2-0) hosts a pair of upper-division teams in Providence and Northeastern...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Despite Loss, W. Hockey Clings to No. 1 Ranking | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

Again. And finally they get it right, the five impeccably lighted iMacs gleaming as they glide forward smoothly on the giant screen. "Oh! Right there! That's great!" Jobs yells, elated at the very notion of a universe capable of producing these insanely beautiful machines. "That's perfect!" he bellows, his voice booming across the empty auditorium. "Wooh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apple and Pixar: Steve's Two Jobs | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...Monday morning, and Jobs is onstage at the Flint Center in Cupertino, obsessing. Tomorrow the auditorium will overflow with thousands of Apple loyalists; right now he's rehearsing the killer moment where he says, "Say hello to the new iMacs," and the machines glide out from behind the dark curtain and across the stage. But the current lighting leaves their translucence insufficiently vivid on the gigantic onstage screen. So Jobs wants the lights brighter and turned on earlier in the roll-out. The producer, Steph Adams, speaks into his headset, telling the backstage guys to yeah, just try it again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apple and Pixar: Steve's Two Jobs | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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