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...speediness results from its ability to trigger the recipient's e-mail program to send a copy of itself to everyone listed in the program's address book. This means a copy of the virus is quickly dispatched to listservs, client lists and internal mailing lists, enabling it to leap city, country and continent borders at incredible speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Melissa' May Have Built a False Sense of Security | 5/4/2000 | See Source »

Congratulations! Finally a major publication has taken the giant leap into the outer world, answering the great challenge of the new millennium. It is incumbent upon Americans to show the way. So that all humanity can benefit, we must take the leadership role as explorers, pioneers and innovators in seeking new worlds. "Up, up and away!" should be the new battle cry. GEORGE H. GEORGERIAN Haverhill, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 1, 2000 | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...would be easy to dismiss The Leap as just another self-satisfied saga of risking it all on a dotcom dream. Don't. Ashbrook's tale of how he went from disillusioned newspaperman to co-founder of the home-design empire HomePortfolio.com serves up heavy doses of self-examination and occasional melodrama ("Maybe we don't get to choose our madness"). But it is saved by self-deprecating humor and gut-wrenching suspense (Will the money run out? Will his wife?). By the end, you're praying for this guy to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Leap: A Memoir Of Love And Madness In The Internet Gold Rush | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

Fergusson, dependable as usual, was the Crimson's other two-event winner. He leapt 14.12 meters to win the triple jump, and he won the long jump with a leap of 6.82 meters. Sophomore Kobie Fuller placed second in the triple jump and junior Francis De La Cruz placed third in the long jump, allowing Harvard to dominate the two events...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Ruins Weekend For Track Teams | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...faith was well established in Israel. A few hundred years later, Islam entered the picture. Ever since, these three religions have been bickering over land and people, creating wars and other havoc. Who is to blame depends on whom you ask. Pope John Paul II has taken a major leap forward to help bring Christians, Jews and Muslims together in a bond of peace. Unfortunately, it may take a few hundred years to improve these dysfunctional relationships. Because of all his efforts (including his support for the people who helped dismantle East European communism), Pope John Paul II should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 24, 2000 | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

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