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...more. If I put my hand in a river, I would get a crayfish. Put a stick underwater and make a hole, look for bubbles and there were more creatures." In Pokemon the pocket monsters--many in the shape of caterpillars, moths and crabs--can be found anywhere: tall grass, caves, forests, rivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...pitting them against one another is not a new kind of quest, simply one tweaked with technology. In Asia, fathers and grandfathers still tell of growing up in the midst of World War II, of nights of not knowing what to do with yourself except sneak into the tall grass of the countryside to catch crickets, then take them home, cupped in your hand, to raise in the dark of matchboxes, training the insects for fights with the crickets of other boys who have been on the same nocturnal hunt. The more experience each cricket has had, the better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...build support around the country, Microsoft brought on staff a veteran of Direct Impact, a D.C.-area firm whose clients have included the tobacco industry, managed-care companies and others who want "grass-roots" responses generated on issues. Another addition: Tom Synhorst, a political operative and phone-bank virtuoso who does projects for George W. Bush. And there's evidence of Microsoft's courting business and political players at the smallest levels. In September, senior vice president Craig Mundie spoke to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce, drawing an overflow crowd of about 900. Last month former Republican National...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Microsoft Antitrust Case | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...concluded his remarks with a call for students to get involved in the political process, beginning at the grass roots level...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dukakis Endorses Gore, Encourages Students to Get Involved Politically | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...Grass roots politicking really makes a difference," Dukakis said. "I wouldn't have been elected dog catcher, much less governor, without the time, energy and effort of students like...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dukakis Endorses Gore, Encourages Students to Get Involved Politically | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

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