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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they can be--even the foreigners, which I will never understand. During their delves into American heritage, these people really appreciate D.C. as the gorgeous marble city that it is. They appear almost childlike to me. At times I even get the impression that they think wearing a fanny pack and brown knee socks is perfectly normal behavior for a rational adult. That is exactly what makes them so appealing. And so I watch...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, | Title: A Native's Guide to Tourist-Watching | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

Houston's Rice University led the pack, boasting small classes and a high graduation rate along with relatively low tuition and generous financial...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kiplinger's Report Ranks Best Values in Colleges | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

Houston's Rice University led the pack, boasting small classes and a high graduation rate along with relatively low tuition and generous financial...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kiplinger's Study Ranks Best Values in Colleges | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...Roughly the size of a pack of cigarettes, Diamond Multimedia's Rio was the first "Walkman" designed solely to play digital audio files encoded with a form of compression called MP3. MP3 can reduce the storage needs of CD songs to roughly one tenth their original size without significantly sacrificing sound quality, and it has rapidly emerged as an open standard for transmitting music over the Internet. Songs, which can be downloaded from the Internet or "ripped" from CDs, are loaded into the Rio from a personal computer. MORE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War Against MP3 Player is Officially Over | 8/5/1999 | See Source »

...couch is nice to sit on, but a console is "a man magnet," she decided. "No male can resist the challenge." I knew what she meant. For mindless fun, you can't beat a console evening. Invite your friends over, gather round the TV, crack open a six-pack and get down to the serious business of knocking the stuffing out of them. It does wonders for your social life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Machine | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

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