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...promises that his Medicare and Social Security "lock-box," unlike that of his opponent, will be "iron-clad...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Politics and Potables | 10/3/2000 | See Source »

...MovieTime VCR for kids repeats tapes as many times as you want, and when it's fast-forwarding or rewinding, animals bounce across the screen. The computer-generated cartoons are rudimentary, but what do you expect from a $99 machine? One more youth-minded feature: a safety lock on the tape slot to keep out food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Sep. 25, 2000 | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

Many years ago, when I began my teaching career in a small rural high school, the library was in a cage. Literally. The books were all locked inside a large metal cage in the corner of a study hall, and that was the library. At that time the library was staffed only one or two days a week, and I suppose it was considered necessary to lock it up for security. Still, I remember thinking that it was a great shame the students had so little access to the books. For most of the year, all of these books were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banned Books: A School Librarian's Perspective | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

...athletes who have performed at their best at the Olympic Games," he said afterward. "It's one of the things I wanted to do." The other thing he wanted to do on Saturday was to help his teammates - Michael Klim, Chris Fydler and Ashley Callus - break the U.S. lock on the 4 x 100 freestyle relay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stuff of Heroes | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

Students from across Massachusetts waited eagerly outside the Marriott Cambridge Hotel yesterday, hoping to walk away with an invitation to lock horns with Regis Philbin on an upcoming college edition of ABC's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hundreds Want to be College Millionaires | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

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