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...STEP 6: TURN OFF THE CHIME. Nothing triggers a Pavlovian response faster than a ringing bell, but a flashing icon in the task bar comes close. Turn both off and your urge to check will diminish over time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 12 Steps for E-Mail Addicts | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

Spiritually, creatively and academically, a fourteenth-century icon has enabled a once shy girl from an impoverished southern aristocracy to become, as she says, “truly liberated...

Author: By Nalina Sombuntham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Liberated by Chaucer | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...hundreds of thousands of American visitors to Cuba each year. Sources close to the Cuban leader confide that in the past year, he has been feeling uncharacteristic pangs of regret about the island's wrecked economy and what it will say about his legacy as a 20th century populist icon. As a result, they say, Castro is finally, genuinely behind the anti-embargo push and doesn't want to botch it. "He knows this is the wave to be on now," says a high-ranking Cuban official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Castro Wants | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...lives with a rabbit, and he can't seem to close his mouth--say konichiwa to Domo-kun! He began life as an innocent, bumbling monster in a series of ads for a Japanese TV network, but Domo-kun has transcended those humble origins to become a cult icon among American hipsters. What's the appeal? With his vicious fangs and sad button eyes, Domo-kun is tough, yet vulnerable. Kind of like Harrison Ford, if Harrison Ford were a small, feral Teletubby. So far, Domo-kun dolls are a prized rarity Stateside, but you can catch his TV spots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toys: Goodbye, Pikachu--Hello, Domo-kun! | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...lives with a rabbit and he can't seem to close his mouth-say konichiwa to Domo-kun! He began life as an innocent, bumbling monster in a series of ads for a Japanese TV network, but Domo-kun has transcended those humble origins to become a cult icon in Japan and America. What's the appeal? With his vicious fangs and sad button eyes, Domo-kun is tough, yet vulnerable. Kind of like Harrison Ford, if Harrison Ford were a small, feral Teletubby. Domo-kun dolls are growing in popular-ity in Japan and there have been several Domo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

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