Word: linke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...happened, most believe, around 12,000 years ago, when Asians began crossing a strip of land that connected present-day Siberia and Alaska, across what is now the Bering Strait. Modern Asians and Native Americans have enough genetic and physical similarities to make a convincing case for the link. But the details of the migration, including how many waves there were, when they happened and the routes by which wanderers subsequently moved east and south over the millennia, are still largely mysterious...
Well, not so fast. For most of this decade the shrinking game has petered out when it hit our palms. Trying to build a handtop computer like the Apple Newton or Sony's Magic Link was a sure route to digital Edseldom. It was just too hard to fit anything useful into a space the size of a deck of cards...
...turned a couple of Pilots over to a test panel of TIME readers. The machines got a double thumbs up. David Yarmosky, a TIME subscriber from Beltsville, Maryland, used the one-touch link between PC and Pilot to store a full day's notes and appointments in his pocket. Steve Korovich of Woodhaven, New York, was pleased with Pilot's simple iconic interface. "I liked the machine," Korovich said. "It ran quite smoothly...
...TIME reader, who was scrolling through page after page of sports scores downloaded from the Net. Manitsky, a lawyer who dumped his Sharp Wizard in favor of a Pilot, uses his new palmtop to keep track of schedules, phone numbers and the occasional great notion, as well as a link to E-mail and the Internet. But it's not all work: Manitsky also loads up the palmtop with gaming programs like Tetris and Space Invaders...
Dole talked a lot about rising drug use but failed to link it to presidential leadership. Every time Dole had an opportunity to contrast his character with President Clinton's and link public doubts about Clinton's character to public policy, he ducked, complaining that it would be "misconstrued." He did succeed in making subtle allusions to areas where Americans are uneasy about the President. "I want a bridge to the future," said Dole. "I also want a bridge to the truth...