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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Grandma warned about "living in sin." Ladies in her day had to be delicate about such matters, but with a voice full of foreboding she'd offer these words to the wise: "He's never going to buy the cow if he can get the milk for free." The cow, of course, was the one-carat rock, the white picket fence, the happily ever after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bad Start? | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...journalistic images that convey a message quickly and clearly, as a cover must. Walker, a TIME photographer since 1979, has captured six White House News Photographer awards for pictures of the First Family. Her ability to gain a subject's trust allows her to capture truly unguarded moments that offer insight into a person's character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Contributors: Feb. 15, 1999 | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

Synthetic extensions have always been cheaper, but, coarse in texture and limited in style and color, they were less attractive. The new synthetics, however, are much improved and offer a whirligig of choice. Amekor, which supplies the line of extensions marketed by the model Beverly Johnson, saw its sales jump from $25 million five years ago to $100 million last year, in large part because of a synthetic line that offers 40 styles and 20 colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Hair Down to There | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...folks at Traffic Gems, a service launched last fall, offer a novel alternative. For $10 a month, members receive in the mail a shiny car decal that lists their screen name and the address trafficgems.com The idea is that other people stuck in traffic may think you/your car look cool, jot down your screen name, then go home and send you a message. It may be an open invitation for stalkers, but it makes a point. "When you meet someone online, first you fall in love with your mind, then your senses get involved," says co-founder Bill Kostyan. "Traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You've Got Male! | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...with glowing red eyes comes to Little Tall Island just as a snowstorm hits. He knows the town's secrets and tells them; he weaves fatal mischief. "Give me what I want," he says, "and I'll go away." But if that gift were your own blood, would you offer it up to save your town? King's first original mini-series script is a marathon of communal anxiety with a spooky moral: we are ready to mortgage our children for our own restless comfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephen King's Storm Of The Century | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

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