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...once knew a golden retriever named Newton who had a perverse sense of humor. Whenever I tossed out a Frisbee for him to chase, he'd take off in hot pursuit but then seem to lose track of it. Trotting back and forth only a yard or two from the toy, Newton would look all around, even up into the trees. He seemed genuinely baffled. Finally, I'd give up and head into the field to help him out. But no sooner would I get within 10 ft. of him than he would invariably dash straight over to the Frisbee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not-So-Stupid Pet Tricks | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

Perez claimed, in advertisements, that Mainigi refused his invitation to debate. However, in a flier, "Ad Watch," first-year law student Dean Newton called the claims "untrue...

Author: By Rajath Shourie, | Title: Law School Council Elects New President | 3/19/1993 | See Source »

...Newton disputed Perez' claims. In his "Ad Watch" flier, Newton wrote, "In fact, some student leaders listed on [Perez's] ads either endorse neither candidate or both candidates equally

Author: By Rajath Shourie, | Title: Law School Council Elects New President | 3/19/1993 | See Source »

...tells an absorbing story of real struggle: how she became the leader of the Black Panther Party, how she and the party battled racism, and how she fought sexism within the group. Her prose is unpretentious and involving. She makes the political personal by recounting her affair with Huey Newton, founder of the Panthers. Newton is revealed as a difficult man, sometimes violent, sometimes vulnerable, always brilliant. In the end, Brown discovers, love is the most demanding political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Feb. 22, 1993 | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

...bulletins from Silicon Valley. EO Inc., which last fall unveiled the first pen-based computer with a built-in cellular phone, will begin shipping finished products sometime this spring. Apple Computer, which has been teasing the press with carefully measured leaks about a pocket-size bundle of wonders called Newton, will belatedly deliver the first models sometime before summer (having missed | a self-imposed deadline last month). And this week a company called General Magic, which has been surrounded with breathless secrecy since it was founded three years ago by ex-Apple employees -- including two of the brightest lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Portable Office That Fits In Your Palm | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

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