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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expulsion midyear of two Russian spies from the U.S. and Russian posturing ahead of parliamentary elections this month. Leberknight has until Dec. 11 to leave Russia. But compared with cold war days, when snatched spooks might be held in solitary or beaten, she is likely to get out in one piece...
...One statement made by Bill Gates in his talk with TIME [INTERVIEW, Nov. 22] clearly shows how the Microsoft Ceo thinks. When asked about giving computer makers the right to tailor the opening screen, Gates said, "That's like saying you have a product called TIME magazine, but one distributor gets to rip out ads, and another one rips out some articles and puts in new ones." Gates' logic in this case is faulty because of the metaphor he selected. The Windows operating system is akin to the printing press rather than to TIME magazine. How would TIME feel...
...ought to work for compromise. But it is hard to compromise when Albright writes that serious leaders in both parties should take her position. Her Viewpoint reflects what is wrong in the current partisan bickering. Instead of finding a middle road, she exalts her position as the sole right one. E. SCOTT JONES Shawnee, Okla...
...chilled to the bone when I read your article about ad networks, Web retailers and content sites being able to monitor one's habits on the Internet [BUSINESS, Nov. 22]. When I first went online early in 1995, I was aware that some of my privacy would be compromised. But now I wonder what will happen to us as we become more compartmentalized and end up relying more and more on computers in virtually every aspect of our lives. Today I sit cloaked in a grim sense of defeat. I feel myself staring blankly into my glaring monitor, mumbling...
GOAL In five years, to be considered a "semi-successful" playwright and to have written one movie he's proud...