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...also send a voice message or scribble a note directly on its 8-in., touch-sensitive screen using the glowing Plexiglas stylus. A blinking green light alerts you to new e-mail even when Audrey is turned off. To get the news, you simply turn a knob in front to flip through any of nine "channels" featuring customized Web content from sites such as ABCNews, ESPN, Mr. Showbiz and my favorite, AccuWeather.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cuter Computer | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...made the system run. Everybody had access to the President, but it was smooth, orderly. He didn't try to be a deputy President." He even refused the limousine that came with the job, preferring to stick with his old Volkswagen, a beater so threadbare it had no knob at the top of the gearshift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: Dick Cheney: The Insider | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...says Ian Schrager, the man who pioneered the affordable-boutique-hotel trend. "Now technology is giving us things we don't even know how to use yet." London hotel guests in Schrager's St. Martin's Lane can alter the color scheme of their room simply by adjusting a knob next to the bed. Computerization and new materials have made production of just about anything cheaper and more efficient, and quality easier to maintain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Redesigning Of America | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

18th century India An ornate silver-covered wood paduka with a gold toe knob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Evolving Culture | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...Play nice. If applicable, complement her on her snob knob hairdo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Dear Dr. Know | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

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