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...sellers to get a copy of their Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange (CLUE) report from ChoicePoint, the company that keeps the data. They should call (866) 527-2600 and ask for the $8 report, which will take a week or so to arrive. Come fall, there will be instant access on the Web, at choicetrust.com You can't just pull a copy of someone else's report unless you apply for insurance on a new home and are denied. Then you will be considered "negatively impacted" and have a right under federal law to see the report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop Paying So Much for Mold | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...shows today and preserve today's for tomorrow. It can deliver movies old and new, the sights and sounds of Duran Duran in concert, a course in auto repair or a daily exercise regimen. With the help of a video camera, it can capture special family moments for an instant home movie or create a "video postcard" for far-off relatives. The VCR's contagious tune is, in short, the anthem of an entertainment revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 18 Years Ago In TIME | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...acted in self-defense; those on the Caroline, London claimed, were supporters of a rebellion against British rule in Canada. In an exchange of diplomatic notes, U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster argued that a nation could only justify such pre-emptive hostile action if there was a necessity "instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation." Ever since, Webster's dictum has been regarded as a principle of international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strike First, Explain Yourself Later | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...every eye could actually behold such an event." The books were enough to persuade Sandra Keathley, a Boeing employee in Wichita, Kans., not to buy Microsoft's Windows XP, because she has heard rumors that it carries a method of tracking e-mail. (In fact, the software had an instant-messaging bug that was later fixed.) If the Antichrist were to come, she fears, "and you want to contact another Christian, they could see that, trace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apocalypse Now | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...from Apollo 8 - the first manned vehicle in lunar orbit - the image is of the earth rising above the moon's arid, lifeless horizon. Revealing the planet for the first time as a pristine blue and white jewel in the black void of space, the picture became an instant classic, inspiring poets and becoming a symbol of the ecology movement. "It is truly the most beautiful photo ever taken," says Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 56, a French aerial photographer who for the past 10 years has been snapping shots of the planet from slightly closer range. He has taken more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earth's Album | 6/30/2002 | See Source »

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