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...first Palm handhelds. "Those guys will show the way for the rest of the consumers," he says. Newman doesn't know this, but he's talking about me: I still swear by my old Palm Pilot. Would I buy a wearable? Yes, if it weighs less than a kilo, costs less than $1,500 and - as cool as I felt at that Fairfax mall - doesn't make me look like a Borg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watch and Wear | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...Victor uniform two mike Kilo Papa," Robert Kohli barks into a microphone, his voice spinning off into the ether via an amateur radio satellite 4,500 km up in the sky. He pauses to listen for incoming signals. He hears a crackle, then the voice of Charlie from Hong Kong: "You are strong as ever today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bridging the Gap | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...newcomers and they lived in relative peace. What may have helped trigger the recent animosity is the sudden bust that has followed the coffee boom, hurting almost everyone in the area. In the past year, world coffee prices have plummeted. Farmers who in 1999 could get $1.40 per kilo now earn only 40 cents. That doesn't cover production costs. Y Dien, born into the Ede tribe 40 years ago, lives in Ea Brieng, a dusty Dak Lak village. In the hope of finding a better future, he followed government orders to abandon communal living 10 years ago and began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brewing Discord | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...hopelessly in debt by the death of a feckless spouse, Grace Trevethen (the expert Brenda Blethyn) puts her gardening skills to good criminal use. With the help of her handyman, Matthew (Craig Ferguson, who is also the film's co-writer and producer), she starts growing pot by the kilo in her greenhouse. The results are predictable--especially if you're a fan of that most basic of English comic genres, in which simple, provincial folk foil the bumbling law in order to preserve a traditional way of life. Grace is not as tightly wound as the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Saving Grace | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...Sept. 9, 1976 murder was the result of a botched drug deal, according to police. Paulsen and his brother were trying to purchase one kilo of hashish from Martin at a location on Webster Street in East Cambridge...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Murder Suspect Caught After 23 Years | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

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