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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Which means that Bezos can breathe easily for the moment. However, most up-and-coming bots have just the sort of customizable features that made his site such a hit. You will, for instance, be able to tell your bot to transact only with companies that offer two-year-warranties or free shipping or that don't run sweatshops in Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bot Till You Drop | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

Nichols began calling pharmaceutical houses in the U.S. and Europe, telling them that if they started making sulindac it would save thousands of lives. But it was about to come off patent, and as a generic drug it didn't offer much of a payoff because of the likelihood of competitive products and lower prices. Moreover, FAP--Nichols' cancer--is a so-called orphan disease, afflicting only 25,000 Americans, so there wasn't much of a market for it. Thanks, but no thanks, the drugmakers said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cure Crusader | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

Tour operators know a good market when they see one. And grandparents, at more than 60 million strong today and expected to increase to as many as 100 million by 2010, are clearly a cash reserve waiting to be tapped. So, many travel agents now offer intergenerational packages. Helena Koenig's Grandtravel is, well, the grandmother of them all. Long ago, when Koenig was just a parent, she noticed that the most successful outings she had with her kids were the ones in which she allowed each child to invite a friend. Fourteen years ago, after launching a successful travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Simply Grand | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...increase is calculated to keep Harvard's yield rate--the percentage of students who take up the University's offer of admission--at its unparalleled height for years to come...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller and James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Flush With Campaign Funds, University Looking to Spend | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

According to Fonda, the screenwriter Lem Dobbs was developing story and script with Soderbergh for over three years. When first approached, Fonda was informed that the role of Valentine was being developed with him in mind. When he finally read the script, it was an offer he couldn't refuse...

Author: By Diane W. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peter Fonda: From Easy Rider to Slimey Music Exec | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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