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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What about the camera? Right now, Canon and Sony have got the DV camcorder market sewed up. Each has a choice of cameras in the high-, medium- and low-price range. Expect to pay up to $4,199 and to get what you pay for. Real professional quality means a camera with three CCDs--that is, three separate prisms to capture red, green and blue light--and a shotgun microphone, like the one boasted by the $2,500 Canon GL-1. But, hey, who said anything about professional quality? This is the Blair Witch era, after all. Grain is chic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home, Hearth & Hollywood | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...many of the tough new urban measures is disarmingly simple--to shoo the homeless out of sight. Chicago has privatized sidewalks in front of businesses, which means that anyone who loiters is trespassing. In Sacramento, Calif., police will pay for one-way bus tickets out of state for homeless with family or jobs to go to. In its attempts to drive the homeless from downtown, San Francisco has even arrested nuns serving hot meals in the United Nations Plaza--for lacking a proper permit. Most of the 20,000 citations reportedly issued this year by San Francisco have gone unpaid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down On The Homeless | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...Madden, 45, who only started drinking such teas in earnest two years ago, not only ordered a pot; she also handed Labe $120 for a 6-oz. bag to take home. "I know this sounds crazy," she says, "but once you know the difference, you'll pay that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tea Time Once Again | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...Bushies, there was an admission that Bush's lackluster performances had raised the bar for subsequent debates (which he would clear), a concession that New Hampshire may go to McCain, and an acknowledgment of the smirk only to the extent that it would be gone by the time voters pay attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cheshire Candidate | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

There is no such thing as a global marketplace. There is only the same old colonial imperialism exploiting Third World labor rates. Only now it is driven by multinational businesses instead of political entities. When the average Chinese worker is able to pay $100 for his kids' sneakers and can afford to drive a Ford to his local Starbucks, you can talk to me about a global economy. MATT LESNIESKI Stanhope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 20, 1999 | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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