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...what he wants to do. When talking about religion, Gates says going to church is not very efficient in terms of allocation of time. But he has been known to make time to indulge in all-night bridge games, 1,100-page textbooks, singing lessons and 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles. KENT CLARK La Crescenta, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 3, 1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

After a recent whirl of travel that included a speech in Las Vegas and a meeting in Switzerland, Gates detoured to a secluded resort in New York's Adirondacks to spend a weekend with Melinda and Jennifer. There they played with 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles from a craftsman in Vermont who makes them for customers like Gates. Melinda has helped broaden her husband. Instead of studying biotechnology together, they find time to take singing lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES | 1/13/1997 | See Source »

...wanted to make sure that we saved as much of the architectural fabric as possible," she said. "Now it's getting to be almost like a jigsaw puzzle. But, weather permitting, we'll be done by the end of the month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Tower Renovation to End Soon | 10/5/1996 | See Source »

...Sonic Jigsaw," as the name might suggest, is just the type of adventurous project the OFA loves to fund; it received one of the largest grants, $500. Coordinated by the student group EMBRYO (Experimental Music BRing Your Own)," Sonic Jigsaw" is an interactive exhibit in which participants will become "noise artists," as they play with various experimental disguised sounds. People will be able to select sections of sound and modulate those sounds, while they move the noise from chaos to one individual harmony...

Author: By Rachel L. Barenbaum, | Title: OFA Grants: The Wackier The Better Wacky | 9/26/1996 | See Source »

...Team" which is headed by a member of the Board. The team is made up of highly specialized experts in propulsion (engine), air frame (fuselage), hydraulics, electronics and computer technology," says Hannifin. These experts and metallurgists, as they salvage pieces of the plane, will build a gigantic metal jigsaw puzzle in a effort to piece together the 747 airliner. They will study such factors as the direction in which particular pieces of the wreckage were bent, and the relative heat damage to different parts of the airliner, which provide vital clues to the precise source and direction of the explosion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy Of An Investigation | 7/19/1996 | See Source »

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