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Though they are no substitute for parental supervision, blocking programs--NET NANNY, SURFWATCH and CYBERSITTER--can help keep your kids away from the raunchiest sites. But be warned: these programs can wreak havoc with your system software and may pass judgments you don't agree with (e.g., barring info on contraception). Another option is CYBER SNOOP, which creates a tamper-proof list of the sites your kids surf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberguide | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...working. NATO pilots rarely fly below 10,000 ft. for fear of being shot down. Proof of the havoc that can wreak could be seen last Wednesday, when a U.S. F-16 apparently fired on what the pilot thought was a military convoy from 15,000 ft.--nearly three miles up. Unfortunately, his laser-guided bomb obliterated a tractor and wagon carrying Albanian Kosovars. Belgrade said 75 people died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Military: How We Fight | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Genealogists' obstacle courses sometimes read like scripts for a whodunit. Wars and natural disasters wreak havoc: the U.S. 1890 Census was almost completely wiped out in a fire, and Southern courthouses were burned in the Civil War. The public records office in Dublin, Ireland, was destroyed in a fire in 1922. And in China's Cultural Revolution, the centuries-old ancestor records compiled by villages were declared "feudal garbage." In India, where most vital statistics are still unrecorded, rare documents are at Hindu holy spots where priests, known as pundits, write down births, deaths and marriages. But the documents, narrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genealogy: Roots Mania | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

After a Teller single juiced the bags, Koppler lofted a hit into right field. The wind wreaked havoc with the ball, allowing it to drop and Watanabe to score from third. The wind, however, only turned what would have easily been a sacrifice fly into a game-winning...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Scores Pair of Extra-Inning Wins | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

...Fortunately for Harvard, Killar and Soltis return next season to wreak more havoc and to lead the Crimson on its path of continued success...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DeNunzio and Killar earn All-American Wrestling Honors | 3/23/1999 | See Source »

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