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...this woman showed up at my door again, I would take her in again in an instant," Chavez said. She then called forward the individuals and families she'd helped in the past, in an attempt, as she said, "to put a human face on this story." Surrounding their sponsor, the immigrants spoke glowingly of Chavez as the reason they'd succeeded in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Extremely Unusual Exit | 1/9/2001 | See Source »

...Treasury Secretary. The other reason is that O'Neill didn't know George W. Bush well. So the two men, joined by Vice President-elect Dick Cheney, had lunch in Austin three weeks ago. O'Neill told friends later that Bush and Cheney made him feel like an instant insider, and he was happy the conversation had been so candid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economic Slowdown: Treasury Department: Paul O'Neil: Turnaround Guy | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...Constitution says you can't have a third term, but it doesn't say you can't have a second act, and the Clintons have decided to break with tradition and have an ex-co-presidency a ZIP code away from the Rose Garden. Hillary wanted an instant Washington salon, as grand as her health care plan, with as many rooms as her ambition. There will be no cramped weekday existence for her, like the members who live large in their home states but modestly in D.C. Senator John McCain stays in a thin-walled Crystal City high-rise, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living Well Is Her Best Revenge | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...HAPPY One sure sign that you have an instant-messaging problem is that you've gone online to buy AOL's new Mobile Communicator ($329.95, plus $19.95 a month). That's quite a lot of money to plunk down just to be able to catch your e-mail and eye your buddy list anywhere. O.K., O.K., we admit it: this device is so easy to use (and painfully addictive) that we might need to seek help soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 8, 2001 | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...Palm Pilot increased as rapidly as scores on a pinball machine, and ever more advanced handheld gadgets debuted at a dizzying speed. As the year progressed, those who didn't crave or couldn't indulge a moment's isolation began connecting to the Internet through cell phones or to instant-messaging systems via the BlackBerry two-way pager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year's Trends | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

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