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Worse, unlike regular mail, which usually tapers off after students move into the Houses, Kerkache says that HYMC continues to receive credit card offers and other junk mail for College students even after they become upperclassmen...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I'm Not Interested, Thanks: Telemarketing Plagues College Students | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...late to hang on to privacy. You can delete those Internet browser cookies that trace you, hide your Social Security numbers and unlist your phone number, but it's more efficient just to toss your junk mail. The notion that anyone will ever find you interesting enough to look up your personal Census data or read your e-mails is so egotistical that I know you're dying to answer personal questions. I can bench-press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take My Privacy, Please | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...passed over in favor of elder brother Victor, now 35, as heir apparent to the Li empire; and of the differing styles of father and son. The father is reclusive, cordial, traditional and lives in the same house he bought for $13,000 in the 1960s. Richard likes junk food, can be blunt with subordinates, is building a lavish mansion and flew Whitney Houston to Hong Kong for his millennium party. (One trait the duo share is a penchant for being seen with beautiful women; Ka-shing is a widower, and Richard has never married.) When asked which businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Like Father, Like Son | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

Your examples of modern design are overwhelmingly cheap plastic junk. It's frightening how Americans shrink-wrap and live in so much environmentally unsound plastic. We should use it only where it is best suited: electronics hardware, kitchen utensils and packaging. Classy design that can stand the test of time will always come in the form of distinctive and natural woods, metals, stone and leather. ERIK GAUGER Redondo Beach, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 10, 2000 | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...wave of design, I say, "oh, no! More mass-produced junk that people will get bored with and throw in the landfill." How about promoting a different new wave of design that makes beautiful, durable and functional objects from recycled materials? HEATH GAMACHE Prospect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 10, 2000 | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

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